and understanding

Edited by Aïcha Ben Abed

In an unprecedented move by the popular press

including that of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II in Prague

Inés Katzenstein

Getty Research Journal, No. 20 aspirational artisan and understandingThe Getty Research Journal presents peer reviewed articles on the visual arts of all cultures, regions, and time periods. Topics often relate to Getty collections, initiatives, and broad research interests. The journal welcomes a diversity of perspectives and methodological approaches, and seeks to include work that expands narratives on global culture. This issue features essays on the remembering and remaking of Second Empire table centerpieces by