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Imperishable Beauty

Art Nouveau Jewelry

Imperishable Beauty( )
Text by: Markowitz, Yvonne
Karlin, Elyse
ISBN:978-0-87846-734-1
Publication Date:Oct 2008
Publisher:Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $45.00
Book Description:

"A new, imperishable beauty," was how the artist and architect Henry van de Velde described it. European Art Nouveau jewelry of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries embraced a new aesthetic characterized by sensuous forms, dramatic imagery and vivid symbolism. Many of the designers associated with the movement sought their inspiration not in traditional jewelry, but in the work of the pre-Raphaelites and Impressionists and in the arts of Japan. Rejecting the rigid...
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Book Details
Pages:176
Detailed Subjects: Antiques & Collectibles / Jewelry
Art / History / Modern (Late 19Th Century To 1945)
Art / American / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):9.1 x 9.46 x 0.76 Inches
Book Weight:2.12 Pounds



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