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The Getty Research Institute (GRI), located at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California, is "dedicated to furthering knowledge and advancing understanding of the visual arts".〔(About the Research Institute (Research at the Getty) ) Retrieved May 25, 2011.〕 A program of the J. Paul Getty Trust, GRI maintains a research library, organizes exhibitions and other events, sponsors a residential scholars program, publishes books, and produces electronic databases.〔 ==History== The GRI was originally called the "Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities", and was first discussed in 1983.〔Isenberg, Barbara. Manuscripts rated top Getty acquisition. ''Los Angeles Times'', p. H1, March 10, 1983.〕 Located in Santa Monica,〔(Getty Center acquires sculptor's archive. ) ''New York Times'', April 23, 1985. Retrieved May 25, 2011.〕 its first director (beginning in 1985) was Kurt W. Forster.〔Muchnic, Suzanne. Getty Center's Kurt Forster resigns post. ''Los Angeles Times'', p. 6, March 20, 1992.〕 GRI's library had 30,000 volumes in 1983, but grew to 450,000 volumes by 1986.〔 In a statement upon his departure in 1992, Forster summarized his tenure as "Beginning with the rudiments of a small museum library... the center grew... to become one of the nation's preeminent research centers for arts and culture...".〔 In 1994, Salvatore Settis, a professor of the history of classical art and archeology in Italy, became the director of the Center.〔Briefing - Italian professor to join Getty. ''Daily News of Los Angeles'', March 9, 1993.〕 By 1996, the Center's name had been changed to "Getty Research Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities",〔(Getty Research Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities Announces 1996-97 Getty Scholars. ) Retrieved May 25, 2011.〕 and by 1999 it was known simply as "Getty Research Institute".〔(The Getty Research Institute Announces 1999-2000 Getty Scholars. ) September 7, 1999. Retrieved May 25, 2011.〕 Among GRI's special projects was "L.A. as Subject: The Transformative Culture of Los Angeles Communities" conducted between 1995 and 1999, whose purposes included "enhanc() existing resources and develop new resources that support new research scholarship on LA and also encourag() the preservation, conservation, and display of local material culture". In collaboration with local organizations, GRI published ''Cultural Inheritance/L.A.: A Resource Directory of Less Visible Archives and Collections in the Los Angeles Region'' in 1999.〔Johnson, Reed. Getty helping bring L.A. history together. ''Daily News of Los Angeles'', June 8, 1999.〕 In 2000, the L.A. as Subject project was transferred to the University of Southern California, which continues to update and expand an online version of the resource directory.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Getty Research Institute )〕 When the Getty Information Institute (formerly the Art History Information Program, established in 1983) was dissolved in 1999 as a "result of a change of leadership at the Getty Trust",〔Fink, Eleanor E. ( The Getty Information Institute. A retrospective. ) ''D-Lib'' Magazine, March 1999, Volume 5, Issue 3. Retrieved May 25, 2011.〕 GRI absorbed "many of its functions". In 2000, Thomas E. Crow was selected as GRI director to replace Settis who had resigned in 1999.〔Encore - short subjects. Getty's choice. ''Orange County Register'', February 20, 2000.〕 Crow announced in October 2006 that he would be leaving for New York University.〔(Thomas W. Gaehtgens named director of the Getty Research Institute. ) August 14, 2007. Retrieved May 25, 2011.〕 Since November 2007 Thomas W. Gaehtgens has been GRI's director;〔Associated Press. "German art historian to head Getty's research institute in LA." ''International Herald Tribune'', August 14, 2007.〕 he was previously (1985–86) a visiting scholar with the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Getty Research Institute」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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