Today we had a Getty Scholars tour to the Getty Villa which is located on the hills overlooking the Pacific Ocean on the outskirts of Malibu. It was the original site of the Getty Museum before the new one was built and was one of John Paul Getty's homes. The tour was excellent - we saw conservation in action on ancient vases and Roman silverware, and looked round the 'Modern Antiquity' exhibition which includes works by Picasso and ancient sculptures like the one below:
Head of Apollo, Roman, AD 175-200
We also had a talk by Shane Butler, a Classics scholar, on voice and meaning in Latin poetry. My old latin teacher, Miss Trippier, would have been proud of me! I learnt a useful Latin word, 'nescioquid' which means something like 'something or other'. Must remember to slot that into a conversation once I am back at High Table in Worcester College next term.
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