Download or read book Jewellery in Malta written by Francesca Balzan and published by Midsea Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Researched and written by Francesca Balzan, this study has made extensive use of primary sources to build up a history of jewellery in Malta, which focuses on the art of jewellery, its social history and trade practices, and is the first study of its kind to be published in Malta. The book is in two parts, the first of which contains essays on historical aspects of Jewellery in Malta while the second part is devoted to analytical case studies of a number of jewellery items. "Jewellery has been an item of personal adornment since very early times and although its use has changed with age and circumstance, it has all along retained two important functions, one to complement and enhance physical appearance and the other to send a message of affluence and social status. Its rich materials make it a valuable means of wealth storage in a number of culturally different societies. The skill and technical dexterity that, until the machine took over, were necessary ingredients in its production, elevate it to the category of a fine craft. Creative ingenuity has, in addition, on many occasions, transformed it into a work of art and it is a pity that its study has not yet received the scholarly attention it deserves. Francesca Balzan's study makes a notable contribution to its better appreciation. The book's primary focus is the closely knit and insular society of Early Modern Malta when the presence there of a pan-European Sovereign Order of Hospitaller and Military Knights, drawn from the haughtiest families of Counter Reformation Europe, injected the island with a cultured sophistication that changed it into one of the more significant art centres south of Rome. The Knights invested in fine buildings and works of art and jewellery became an increasingly significant ancillary to dress, social status and religious ornament. One of the merits of the book is to discuss jewellery in a meaningful art historical and social context. This broadens the reader's response and opens a window on the anthropology of jewellery that future studies should exploit." - from the Foreword by Prof. Mario Buhagiar
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Download or read book Catalogue of the British Section Containing a List of the Exhibitors of the United Kingdom and Its Colonies and the Objects which They Exhibit In English French German and Italian written by and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 1354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Catalogue of the Loan Exhibition of Ancient and Modern Jewellery and Personal Ornaments MDCCCLXXII written by Victoria and Albert Museum and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book New Illustrated Manual of the Current Gold Silver Coins of All Civilized Nations of the Globe written by H. P. Skelton and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations written by Robert Ellis and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Ren Lalique written by Yvonne Brunhammer and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The innovative genious of French artist René Lalique (1860-1945) is fully explored and documented in this volume which features one hundred and fifty objects created by the master jeweller . Symbols of the very idea of art nouveau, René Lalique's creations did not limit themselves simply to effecting a stylistic renewal of jewellery. Indeed, Lalique developed a unique form of art somewhere between applied arts, poetry, painting and literature. This volume highlights the technical and poetic contribution of Lalique through a comparison with the creations of such contemporaries and examines Lalique's creative process, through the presentation of a selection of decorative works that inspired him, photographs taken by him, preparatory sketches and life-size studies preceding the creation of a jewel. The authors also contextualize the work as regards the creative arts of the time (theater, literature, music, the glass industry) and the special relationship Lalique had with some of his contemporaries, such as actress Sarah Bernhardt. Through 150 creations---jewellery, glassware, accessories, paintings, photographs, designs for clothes---and authoritative essays, this monograph will illuminate the full range of this ingenious craftsman.
Download or read book The illustrated record and descriptive catalogue of the Dublin international exhibition of 1865 ed by H Parkinson and P L Simmonds written by Dublin international exhibition, 1865 and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Gold and Silver Coins of the World written by Alfred Morris Smith and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
