The J. Paul Getty Museum and Its Collections: A Museum for the New Century

The creation of a new world‐class collection and gallery should always be a matter for rejoicing; even more so when strenuous efforts are made by the collection to encourage access to and appreciation of it by the widest possible spectrum of the public. That access may not be physical: for those of us unlikely to visit California, the next best thing is an illustrated account of the museum and its collections, illustrated to the highest standards of reproduction. And just such a volume is what we have in hand here. This is apparently a part of a wider effort to...