Artful Adornments



Yvonne J Markowitz

7/2011
ARTFUL ADORNMENTS. Jewelry from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. By Yvonne J. Markowitz. Boston 2011. 4to. 204 S. mit 200 farb., teils ganzseit. Abb., Bibliographie, Glossar, Index, Ln.

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This book features over 100 works of the jeweler's art from one of the most comprehensive jewelry collections in the world. With nearly 200 color illustrations, the dazzling array ranges from an emerald and diamond brooch once owned by cereal-fortune heiress Merriweather Post, to a rock crystal and gold amulet found in tomb of an ancient Egyptian queen and a twentieth-century kinetic necklace influenced by the mobiles of Alexander Calder. Magical jewels, emblems of wealth and power, tokens of affection, adornment as dress, and jewelry as expressions of avant-garde art movements are all discussed, revealing how a jewel painted with chopped bits of a loved one's hair can be just as precious - and no less decorative - than one encrusted with gemstones.

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Art + Art Instruction  Design-Schmuck  Kg-Schmuck:Slg.