Design History

Full-page color illustrations throughout the book represent the full sweep of Bellini’s career

” and the German writer Christa Wolf

George Wheeler

Paul Getty Museum for over fifteen years

Greek Owl - Sculpture making manuscript Design HistoryThis early classic, bronze owl from the 5th century B. C., was probably made in the Aria region, in de south west of Asia Minor (on the coast of what is now Turkey). In Greek mythology, mighty Athena, the virginal goddess of wisdom and the arts, chose an owl to accompany her. The Greeks believed that owls could see at night thanks to a light that shone from within which, in turn, came to symbolize the purity of the shining goddess. In the city state