Bedazzled: 5000 Years of Jewelry----The Walters Art Museum
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (813 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1904832164 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 64 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Keen Eye of a Collector" according to Donna Loux Dba Vintage. A tiny little reference book loaded with a lot of history. Shows photographs of gold pieces dating back to 2BC to the 19th and 20th Centuries, collected by Henry Walters, now on exhibit. Better than anything you'll see at any of the Egyptian exhibits touring about, and an up close look at specific pieces that defined the history of jewelry.. Add this to your library This is a nice little book, and by little I mean 7 inches on a side square.At 6Add this to your library James M. Richardson This is a nice little book, and by little I mean 7 inches on a side square.At 64 pages it holds a lot of high quality images with full page shots and many closeups.The text is informative without being pompous and overly wordy like many historical jewelery books written by endlessly blabbery art historians trying to flex their hyper inflated vocabularies and fill their qu. pages it holds a lot of high quality images with full page shots and many closeups.The text is informative without being pompous and overly wordy like many historical jewelery books written by endlessly blabbery art historians trying to flex their hyper inflated vocabularies and fill their qu. Beadazzled roxnap This was more than I expected. I expected photos of museum-quality pieces of jewelry, but I did not expect a book that I would peruse over and over and over! The photos are sublime, and the inspiration I have derived from this book is priceless! I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is a jewelry lover, a gem enthusiast or - like me - a jewelry designer! I am et
This brand new and exquisitely illustrated book introduces one of the great collections of jewellery, with examples of 50 key items of jewellery dating from the 1st century BC to the turn of the twentieth century. Specific terminology, when used, is always explained; each text clearly states why a particular object is important, and the jewellery selected shows an enormous range of periods, regions, artistic and stylist development, and materials.Signature items featured in this volume include a magnificent pair of go
like travelling back in time to visit the treasuries of the Medicis and the Hapsburgs” Janet Zapata