I chose the Getty Villa located in Pacific Palisades, 1 mile outside of Malibu. It is a museum dedicated to art and cultures of Ancient Greece and Rome.
I was drawn to this Museum because of the beautiful Gardens.
I gathered most of my information off the following sites:
http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/videoDetails?cat=4&segid=3729http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahqwbe_0_k0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahqwbe_0_k0http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getty_Villa
What I have learned about this museum:
Oil tycoon J. Paul Getty had originally opened a smaller gallery next to his home but he quickly ran out of room. He decided to open a second museum which was finished and opened in 1974. His home and first museum are still located on the property. He based the design off of a recreation of the Villa of Papyri at Herculaneum ( a villa said to be owned by Julius Caesar’s father-in-law.) In 1997 the villa was closed for renovations. It was reopened in 2006.
The most interesting thing I learned about this museum is that there has been a great deal of controversy surrounding the Villa as it is claimed that many items within the collection are looted items. The former curator Marion True was on trial in Italy for her role in what the Italians claim were stolen items. In 2006 four items were returned to Greece and they agreed to return 40 items back to Italy.
It was also surprising how colorful the Villa is. We often think of Ancient Greece and Rome as being colorless, whitewashed in a sense. But in fact it was vibrant. Statues were not always colorless, they were often painted. They used bright vibrant colors not only on the statues, but tiles, paintings and other art. This use of color is shown in the design at the Villa.
One piece you will find on display at the Villa is the statue of Victorious Youth. (a picture above)A statue of a naked male in his youth standing on his right leg. He is crowned with an Olive wreath as this was the prize for a victory in the Olympic Games. This is one of the very few rare Greek bronze statues that is life sized that has survived.
What I have learned from my classmates last week:
1. Angie says he had an important impact on the world of literacy.
2. Katie says his childhood shaped his future beliefs tremendously.
3. Elizabeth says :His work encouraged equal opportunity education and denounced the "authoritarian" educator as nothing more than a tool for control and dehumanization.
4. Jacob found most fascinating about Paulo Freire was his successful experiment known as the “Bare feet can also learn to read” campaign.
5. Jeff says he was an incredible man to have devoted that majority of his life to teaching others.
6. Justin says: Freire maintains the need for societies to ratify this situation through educational reform and individual desire to be “more fully human.”
7. Lori believes what was his important work was his concern with conscientization.
8. Mary says : Paulo Freire was one of the most influential educational philosophers of the 20th century.
9. Nichole says: She enjoyed researching his works and gained a great deal of useful knowledge after reading about Freire's life.
10. Wendy says: His teachings are still very popular globally.
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