English 204 A Trip to the Getty

April 29 2005

EXCUSE Letter [for printing, if needed]

Meet at Perimeter Drive next to English Building [22] at 10:15 A.M. Bus leaves at 10:30 sharp. Bring King James Bible.

We will make one bathroom and fastfood stop--I recommend packing a lunch.

Arrive at Getty between1:30 and 2:00 p.m. Meet at the upper monorail platform.

Group tour from 2:15 to 4:00

Everybody meet at Cafeteria [lower level of restaurant] at 6:00

Bus leaves for return trip at 7:15.

There is no charge for the bus ride or for admission.

If you are driving, parking is free with Poly ID and no reservations are required. Take 101 south to the Southbound 405--San Diego Freeway--and follow signs to the Getty.

Getty preparation and assignment [to be done by all students]

Explore the Getty website

If you find works that you want to add to our tour because of relevance to the class material, please email them to instructor.

Study the items listed below and select three that appeal to you. Relate each to specific passages in works we have read. Do some research on the Getty website and elsewhere to find information about the works, the artists, the circumstances of their production. Be ready to give a detailed description of what you see in the works literally, emotionally and symbolically.

Write up your account of one of the three in a paper of 750 to 1000 words submitted on Monday May 2. Include a printout of the picture from the website or your own photo or a sketch you make of it in the museum. Be sure to include a few sentences about how encountering it in "the flesh" is different from encountering it on a computer.

Military Matters

• portrait of Alfonso in armor
• portrait of a halbardier
• warrior on horseback
• man in armor
• soldiers plundering village
• old man in military costume
• return from war
  

Music and Pastoral

• lady playing a lute
• woman with book of music
• a merry company in an arbor
• shepherd with a flute
• musical group on a balcony

The Tempest connections

• Venus and Cupid
• Landscape with Ceres

Bible narratives

• Entry of the animals into Noah's ark
• Abraham pleading with Sarah
• Lot and his daughters
• The Joseph story
• Joseph and Potiphar's wife
• Moses and Aaron
• The Death of Samson
• Eli and Samuel [Prince Rupert]
• David with the head of Goliath
• Bathsheba after the bath
• Adoration of the Magi
• The Virgin and Child
• Landscape with St. John the Baptist
• The Resurrection

Science and Exploration

• Astronomer by Candlelight

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pictures of last year's trip