B & Q Travels: California, Los Angeles -- The Getty Center （The J. Paul Getty Museum）

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From located in Pacific Coast the Getty Villa out, go to a CA-1 / E Pacific Coast Hwy, 1-10 E, take the exit onto 1-405 N toward Sacramento, on the Moraga Drive exit, turn left onto N Sepulveda Blvd, and the 2nd left onto Getty Center Drive, about 30 minutes.

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When we are driving on Interstate Highway 405 in California, we can see endless stretches of Santa Monica Mountains, 881 feet above sea level in the mountains high cliff establish a group of magnificent architecture, and this is the famous Getty Center in Los Angeles. It includes a very modern art museum, an art research center and a beautiful garden. The Getty Center is another important landmark in Los Angeles cultural attractions, but also the art of loving people throughout the land.

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We arrived Getty Center. Do not need tickets to enter the Getty Center, but the parking fee of $ 5. If you have a day of visiting the Getty Villa parking receipts and coupons, replace the parking ticket to the office. Specified in the query on their website: http://www.getty.edu/visit/

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All visitors entering the Getty Center will be parked in the underground car park at the foot of the mountain, and then free up the mountain by cable car center, about 5 minutes on the hilltop Getty Center.

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It is worth mentioning that, Getty Center building itself is a great work of art, its overall planning and design of the buildings is a famous American architect Richard • Meier did. He is a modernist architect.

Getty Center museum, consists of four parts. One of galleries, simple but elegant travertine according to different design cut into different sizes, and different textures, some smooth and some rough dry, well reflected in the art of building itself a symbol. Art Gallery of two different lines and composition, both hard and soft. Three Art Museum, Richard • Meier paid great attention to deal with the volume and space, giving a broad, bright feel. Many looked out the window openings are a beautiful picture, inherited the early 20th century European and Los Angeles architect's style.

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Richard • Meier designed his four galleries will be designed to be relatively concentrated and mutually independent four corners of the hall, there is a fountain in the middle and short break visitors center courtyard.

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One of the two gardens north-south direction, the mountain is busy 405 freeway, the background is the center city, the most distant downtown Los Angeles.

Getty Center collected a lot of the famous 20th century European paintings, drawings, manuscripts and sculptures, etc., such as: the world-famous painter Van Gogh, Gauguin, Ingres, Ravi de works. In addition, also collected a lot of contemporary art. Making it the top art exhibitions and research centers.

Getty Center as well as a major feature is that it is proud of the central garden, it is an area of 12,180 square meters. Down the hill from the Getty Center on the west side of the trail, at the end is a huge circular central garden, more than 400 strains of azaleas, which formed a maze of plants. Its inspiration is derived from a typical European gardening traditions. Getty garden planted with 300 different plants, a total of over one million lines. Visitors come from the 18th century art exhibition in the sun this nature, body and mind is a beautiful experience.