the getty museum is one of the most respected art museums in California. I was able to view the getty’s gorgeous out-door garden. The garden is arranged very geometrically. The circular design is futuristic and intriguing. The hedges are arrayed in concentric circles with breaks and extra lines like a maze. There are three surrounded by water. This is about 20 feet down from the viewing area and is fed by a waterfall. The waterfalls stream flows down from the getty making a break in the otherwise grassy scene. On the outside of the center divit, the plants and trees follow a more haphazard design although they still follow the circular patern started in the center of the garden. The circular design mixes art with geometry. And induces a futuristic style reminiscent of science. After we finished at the getty we traveled to Venice. At Venice we walked the boardwalk. Many of the people positioned at the boardwark, who sell products and services, sell art. The art there is very cultural. Many caleveras and bracelets were on sale along with other items like paintings and drawings. One man created a sculpture of sand daily. This artistic creativity shocked me because its surrounded by icons of squalor and those business that are frowned upon, such as tattoo parlors and body piercing saloons. However, all of this is art, and all of this is science. It takes art to draw a tattoo, and it takes science to create the utensil used to draw the tattoo. Everything is both at the same time.
Links:
http://www.getty.edu/museum/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Paul_Getty_Museum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getty_Center
http://academic.reed.edu/getty/
http://www.uvm.edu/pss/ppp/articleS.htm
