Jewelry of Our Time
| Author | : Helen Williams Drutt |
| Publisher | : Rizzoli International Publications |
| Total Pages | : 360 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015034524911 |
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| Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Jewelry of Our Time written by Helen Williams Drutt and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 1995 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated survey of comtemporary jewellery and its developments since 1960. It has three major elements. Firstly, it has a display of the jewellery itself, photographed in colour. Secondly, it provides a critical history, tracing the first challenges to traditional forms of jewellery as early as the 1930s but focusing on the inspired use of new tools, new materials and new ideas since 1960. Finally, it has a reference section correcting previous information on the subject, including biographies of over a hundred makers.