the serpent of the Garden of Eden

Gordon Hughes is the Mellon Assistant Professor in the Department of Art History at Rice University

being pampered like gods and goddesses

many from the UCSB Architectural Archives

Getty Research Journal, No. 19 Rucha the serpent of the GardenThe Getty Research Journal is an open access publication presenting peer reviewed articles on the visual arts of all cultures, regions, and time periods. The journal will be published through Gettys Quire software beginning with this issue and made available free of charge in Web, PDF, and e book formats. Topics relate to Getty collections, initiatives, and broad research interests. The journal welcomes a diversity of perspectives and methodological