Fuera de peligro el museo Getty, Fires contained around California’s Getty museum
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El Departamento de Bomberos indicó el jueves un bombero resultó herido de forma leve pero que el fuego estaba contenido en un 90% tras quemar más de 30 hectáreas en las montañas cercanas del centro de exhibición e investigación de arte Getty.
Unos 250 bomberos fueron desplazados en el lugar del siniestro para combatir las llamas con la ayuda de varios helicópteros que lanzan agua.
El portavoz del Getty Center Ron Hartwig dijo el miércoles que como medida de precaución 800 empleados y 1.600 visitantes habían sido evacuados antes de cerrar el museo hasta este viernes cuando reanudarán sus tareas normales.
El museo Getty cuenta con una de las colecciones más prestigiosas del mundo, desde trabajos religiosos italianos de finales del siglo XIII hasta impresionistas franceses de principios de XX, así como “Les Iris” (”Los lirios”) de Vincent Van Gogh, expuesto en una edificación moderna del arquitecto Richard Meier, en una colina del oeste de Los Angeles.
La fundación también tiene la villa Getty, réplica de una morada romana al borde del Pacífico -cerca del balneario de Malibú-, repleta de colecciones de antigüedades.
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Brush fires around the Getty Center in Los Angeles were contained late Wednesday and were moving away from the museum, firefighters said.
The Getty, home to thousands of priceless artifacts and works of art, was threatened by a brush fire in the Santa Monica mountains.
The world-famous museum evacuated its 800 employees and sent visitors home on Wednesday as smoke hovered over the area from brush burning nearby.
The museum’s ventilation systems were shut down to prevent smoke from damaging the priceless artwork, Getty Center spokesman Ron Hartwig said.
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“The Getty Center was built with a great deal of safeguard,” he said. “You can never be overly confident, but we’re certainly prepared to handle fires in this area.”
The museum complex is mounting exhibitions of the works of Paul Outerbridge and Jo Ann Callis as well as its collection of European paintings, manuscripts, decorative arts and Greek and Roman antiquities.
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The collection, started by the late J. Paul Getty, is one of the U.S. most prominent museums.
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Nearby Mount St. Mary’s College also has been evacuated, as the fire is about a mile away.
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About 150 firefighters are battling the blaze in dense brush above Sunset Boulevard.
A large brush fire also burned through this area last year, but did not damage any structures.
Parts of Santa Barbara, including residential areas, were destroyed by out-of-control wildfires in California in May.
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P23.4 PERSEUS & MEDOUSA
Museum Collection: The J Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, California, USA
Catalogue Number: Malibu 86.AE.146
Beazley Archive Number: 10150
Ware: Attic Black Figure (White Ground)
Shape: Kyathos
Painter: Attributed to a follower of the Theseus Painter
Date: ca 510 BC
Period: Archaic
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