The setting like a set.

I couldn't help thinking that the Getty Center was like the set of an Antonioni film. Everything is in harmony with nature as art. The architect was Richard Meier. I have this quote from him:

"We are all affected by Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvar Aalto, and Mies van der Rohe. But no less than Bramante, Borromini, and Bernini. Architecture is a tradition, a long continuum. Whether we break with tradition or enhance it, we are still connected to that past. We evolve."

In some ways this place is like an adult amusement park. Adult in that the mind is exercised, thrilled, engaged, and entertained. It can work for all ages, but most don't work at it.