Who is J. Paul Getty from Travels in Hyper Reality: Essays and what is their importance?

J. Paul Getty founded the Getty Museum in Malibu, California. Getty was very disciplined in the approach to obtaining and reconditioning original artwork. The dedication to providing an original experience extended to making attempts to re-create the context that the artwork was created in. Eco states of Getty, "the museum's philosophy is stern, learned, fiercely German; and J. Paul Getty has proved in face a cultivated patron, who wants to show the California public only works of unquestionable worth and authenticity".