Brilliance : Jewelry, Art and Fashion, Hardcover by Stoehrer, Emily (EDT); Bu...

by Emily Stoehrer

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Brilliance : Jewelry, Art and Fashion, Hardcover by Stoehrer, Emily (EDT); Burr, Nina; Crane, Tanya; English, Helen W. Drutt; Grant, Melanie, ISBN 0878469052, ISBN-13 9780878469055, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US A stunning visual journey through four millennia of jewelry as told through the exemplary collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston From ancient Egyptian broad collars to contemporary studio pieces, jewelry has been used as a powerful communication tool across millennia—and around the world. The renowned collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, showcases global stories of human ingenuity through an incredible array of jewelry designs, materials and techniques. Each object boasts a unique history of its own; when considered side by side, however, they speak to one another, these cross-cultural and multigenerational conversations inviting the reader to consider new insights and fresh perspectives on the art form. Brilliance explores jewelry as a messenger, a decorative art and an object of adornment over the course of four thousand years. This catalog features more than 100 works in the MFA's collection, exploring their makers, their uses and their meanings in three curatorial chapters complete with gorgeous reproductions of the works. Object spotlights written by celebrated art historians and artists working in the field today accompany these essays, with writing by Joyce J. Scott, Helen Drutt, Melanie Grant and many more. In championing the breadth

• Publisher: Museum of FINE Arts, Boston
• Year: 2025
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780878469055
• Condition: Fine

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