Introducing the Getty Museum's Open Content Program
by Gregg Chadwick Unknown maker, French (photographer) , Polyorama Panoptique Lorchette Enchantée, French, about 1855, Lithograph, colored, Image: 8.3 x 16.5 cm (3 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.) Digital image courtesy of the Getty's Open Content Program The Getty Museum in Los Angeles is making available, without charge, all available digital images to which the Getty holds rights or that are in the public domain. These images may be used for any purpose. No permission is required. As an artist I am excited to delve into the Getty's rich collection in search of inspiration. In our litigious and money conscious world, it is refreshing that the Getty Museum and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam are putting creativity and scholarship above image control and profit. Download free images of artworks in the Getty Museum's collection at Open Content Images . "Why open content? Why now? The Getty was founded on the conviction that understanding art makes the world a bet...