Jewelry : From Antiquity to the Present

by Phillips, Clare

• ISBN13: 9780500202876
• ISBN10: 0500202877
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-05-17
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson

Summary

From the simple shell beads worn by Palaeolithic hunters to the splendor of Renaissance gold work and the sumptuousness of Art Nouveau enamels, here is a fascinating and informative guide to the development of Western jewelry'”concluding with the radical and experimental developments in the last three decades.Offering a concise survey of the entire field, this book analyzes jewelry's changing fashions, explores its social context, and examines how it has been worn by both men and women. It shows how jewellers have responded to new sources of gems, whether emeralds from the New World or diamonds from South Africa, and to the discovery of metals such as platinum and aluminum.Masterworks by unknown craftsmen and pieces designed by individual artists as diverse as Holbein, Pugin and Calder are illustrated alongside the glittering products of the major jewelry houses.

Table of Contents

The Ancient World	p. 7
Byzantium and Early Europe	p. 33
The Middle Ages	p. 53
The Renaissance to 1630	p. 75
Baroque to Revolution	p. 97
Empire, Historicism and Eclecticism	p. 123
The Belle Epoque: Diamonds, Art Nouveau, and the Arts and Crafts	p. 155
From Art Deco to the 1950s	p. 175
Since 1960	p. 195
Bibliography	p. 217
Sources of Illustrations	p. 220
Index	p. 221
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