The Getty, Los Angeles Graphic Design-Vintage Drawn from the illustrated pages

Drawn from the illustrated pages of a classic French encyclopaedia

It sits comfortably within the tradition of natural philosophy made visible

and ornament

this piece introduces a subtle directional tension — shapes drift or anchor with intent

The Getty, Los Angeles Graphic Design-Vintage Drawn from the illustrated pagesRichard Meier's Getty Center sits above Los Angeles like a civic ideal made concrete travertine terraces stepping down hillsides, courtyards framing slices of sky, the whole ensemble arranged to pull the eye between structure and landscape. This photograph finds the building in strong directional light, which carves the geometry into sharp planes of brightness and deep shadow. The Japandi adjacent restraint of the composition minimal, precise,