Art nouveau jewelry
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Art nouveau jewelry
Thames and Hudson, 1998
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 237) and index
Cloth cover edition: c1985
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Jewelry was one of the purest, and most successful, expressions of Art Nouveau style, using sensuous organic forms to create a vast range of objects of exceptional beauty and inventiveness. Leading expert Vivienne Becker provides an account of the movement that spread through Europe and the United States, acquiring different decorative characteristics in England, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Russia and Spain.
For the collector, comprehensive biographies on more than 300 designers are included, followed by a guide to identification, with over 200 makers' marks and signatures. Each part of the book is richly illustrated with plate sections of dramatic illustrations, from the sinuous elegance of the French masters - Vever, Lalique and Fouquet - to the linear, geometric designs of the Viennese - Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: jewelry design in the mid-19th century and the emergence of Art Nouveau. France
- Germany and Austria
- Great Britain
- the United States
- the international impact of the Art Nouveau jewel - Belgium, Holland, Scandinavia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Switzerland, Italy, Spain.
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