Getty Museum

I visited the Getty Museum when my parents were here for parents weekend, and I was really impressed by its design and how pretty the grounds are. The whole atmosphere of the museum made it easy to appreciate the art and enjoy the scenery. I definitely think the Getty is worth visiting because there is so much to do there and you end up learning so much about art and history just by looking at all the exhibits. The outside area is also really nice to walk around and see the amazing views of the city.

One of my favorite parts was the exhibit on French art and furniture, especially those belonging to Louis XIV. When I took AP European history in high school, Louis XIV was my favorite person to learn about so it was really interesting to see furniture and paintings that actually belonged to The Sun King. His style was very over the top and was done in the French Baroque style. The exhibit showed rooms set up to recreate scenes from Versailles which really embodied the culture of the time. 

There was also a really interesting photography exhibit where the artist, Abelardo Morell, used a tent to project an image of the sky onto the ground and then took a picture of the ground with whatever was outside projected on it. They didn't allow pictures in the exhibit, so I was only able to get a portion of one of the pieces. But I thought it was really cool how this is an actual photograph that hasn't been altered, but it looks like an outline of the bridge was photoshopped on a picture of grass. 

Here's a picture of the entire piece from the website. 

http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/morell/creativity.html