Author : Shirley Bury
Publisher : ACC Distribution
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 44,15 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
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This important standard work of reference covers the general development of jewellery designs both in relation to Europe as well as in worldwide context. Shirley Bury deals with jewellery tanging from costly royal commissions to mass-produced wares for the popular market. The extensive illustrations are reinforced by original designs, pattern books, cartoons, portraits and photographs.
Author : Shirley Bury
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,87 MB
Release : 1991
Category :
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Author : Patricia Malcolmson
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 43,44 MB
Release : 2013-03-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1909183172
Good hair day? Bad hair day? Hair has always evoked strong emotions. In this fascinating book, Patricia Malcolmson examines how British women over the past 150 years have managed their hair, from the extravagant styles of the late nineteenth century to the ‘anything goes' attitude of today, taking in along the way the daring bobs of the 1920s, the wartime styles of women in uniform, the slavish copying of Hollywood stars, the beehive, the hippy and the Goth. In Me and My Hair you'll hear the voices of women from around Britain talking about their hair - whether it’s their longing to have ‘Shirley Temple’ curls, the visits of the nit nurse, their first home perm, roasting under hood dryers, going platinum blonde, hilarious experiments with hair extensions, or fears of going grey.
Author : Dyfri Williams
Publisher :
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 28,73 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN :
Twenty one essays from the 1994 colloquium at the time of the 'Greek Gold' exhibition at the British Museum. They describe new and old finds from Greece, Turkey and Italy; studies of typology, workshops, technology, and conservation.
Author : Rosemary C. LoDato
Publisher : Bucknell University Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 41,28 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780838753941
The influence of the plastic arts, especially painting and sculpture, upon the Hispanic literary movement known as Modernismo is well-documented. Although numerous studies have referred to gems, Beyond the Glitter focuses upon the significance of gems and jewels in elaborating Modernismo's complex aesthetics. The role of gems and jewelry is discussed in the poetics of three prominent Modernista writers: Ruben Dario, Ramon del Valle-Inclan, and Jose Asuncion Silva. The conclusion underscores how the rich and varied symbolism associated with jewelry and precious gems enriched the poetics of Modernista writers because it enabled them to articulate their quest for ideal beauty, expressive of a sublime state of mind and spirit.
Author : Susan Weber Soros
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 43,61 MB
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0300104618
During the nineteenth century in Rome, three generations of the Castellani family created what they called “Italian archaeological jewelry,” which was inspired by the precious Etruscan, Roman, Greek, and Byzantine antiquities being excavated at the time. The Castellani jewelry consisted of finely wrought gold that was often combined with delicate and colorful mosaics, carved gemstones, or enamel. This magnificent book is the first to display and discuss the jewelry and the family behind it. International scholars discuss the life and work of the Castellani, revealing the wide-ranging aspects of the family’s artistic and cultural activities. They describe the making and marketing of the jewelry, the survey collection of all periods of Italian jewelry on display in the Castellani’s palatial store, and the Castellani’s activities in the trade of antiquities, as they sponsored excavations, and restored, dealt, and exhibited antiques. They also recount the family’s involvement in the cultural and political life of their city and country.
Author : Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
Publisher :
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 39,22 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Art
ISBN :
Author : Marcia R. Pointon
Publisher : Paul Mellon Centre
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 49,72 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN :
Pointon examines how small-scale and valuable artefacts have figured in systems of belief and in political and social practice in Europe since the Renaissance.
Author : Christopher Menz
Publisher : South Australia State Government Publications
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 46,80 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Art
ISBN :
Morris & Company: Pre-Raphaelites and the arts and crafts movement in South Australia.
Author : Justine De Young
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 49,2 MB
Release : 2017-05-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1786722240
Fashion reveals not only who we are, but whom we aspire to be. From 1775 to 1925, artists in Europe were especially attuned to the gaps between appearance and reality, participating in and often critiquing the making of the self and the image. Reading their portrayals of modern life with an eye to fashion and dress reveals a world of complex calculations and subtle signals. Extensively illustrated, Fashion in European Art explores the significance of historical dress over this period of upheaval, as well as the lived experience of dress and its representation. Drawing on visual sources that extend from paintings and photographs to fashion plates, caricatures and advertisements, the expert contributors consider how artists and their sitters engaged with the fashion and culture of their times. They explore the politics of dress, its inspirations and the reactions it provoked, as well as the many meanings of fashion in European art, revealing its importance in understanding modernity itself.
