Instructions: • PART I (50 points): Your assignment is to visit the Getty Villa

Instructions:
• PART I (50 points): Your assignment is to visit the Getty Villa Museum in-person to view original works of art. You
will need to make a reservation to visit the Getty Villa Museum collection and answer the following questions about
some of the works in the collection. In addition to your visit, you can search the museum’s antiquities collection by
clicking on the following link: Getty Museum’s Antiquities Collection for more information.
• To make a reservation to visit the museum, click on the following link: Getty Villa Museum Reservations
• During your visit, locate the work of art and read its description from the didactic.
• On the website, you may find links for podcasts at the bottom of the description.
• Click on “Related Media” to listen to the audio recording about the work of art on the website.
• Click on “Bibliography” for hotlinks for additional readings on the website.
• PART II (50 points): Write a short essay about one of the special exhibitions at the Getty Villa Museum. Make sure
to follow the instructions carefully when researching and writing this short essay. The essay needs to adhere to MLA
formatting guidelines.
• You may choose ONE of the following special exhibitions at the Getty Villa Museum.
• Here is the following for the in-person exhibition: “The Gold Emperor from Aventicum”
• Here is the following for the in-person exhibition: “The Egyptian Book of the Dead” (Opens November 1, 2023)
• Here is the following for the virtual exhibition: Persepolis Reimagined
• Here is the following for the virtual exhibition: Mesopotamia
• Here is the following for the virtual exhibition: Return to Palmyra
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