书目

Rings: Jewelry of Power, Love and Loyalty[戒指:珠宝的力量与爱]

内容简介

“Leavesnoillustrativesourceunturned,embellishing...withportraitsandoilpaintings,engravings,woodcuts,oldcatalogues,ancientwritings,inscriptions,drawings,publicitymaterials,andearlyphotographs.”—GemsandGemologyThisisthefirstbookdevotedexclusivelytoringstoconsiderthemthematicallyratherthanchronologically.Theauthorbringsherrichhistoricalandliteraryknowledgetobearassheconsiderssignets;ringsassociatedwithlove,marriageandfriendship;devotional,protective,andecclesiasticalrings;mementomoriandmemorialrings;ringsassociatedwithfamouspeopleandevents;decorativerings;diamondrings;andringsasaccessories.Shehelpsusdelightinthemasworksofart,andshemakestheircontextcomealivethroughpaintings,drawings,andvividquotations.Ringsofallperiodsareincluded—fromancientEgypt,Greece,andRomethroughtheMiddleAgesandRenaissanceuptothetwentiethcentury.Theringsaredrawnnotonlyfromgreatmuseumsbutalsofromprivatecollections,preeminentlythatofthenotedgemdealerandartpatronBenjaminZucker.483illustrations,455incolor

作者简介

DianaScarisbrickisahistorianspeicalizinginjewelryandengravedgems.HerpreviousbooksincludepreviousbooksincludeRings:JewelryofPower,LoveandLoyaltyandPortraitJewels:OpulenceandIntimacyfromtheMedicitotheRomanovs.SheisaResearchAssociateattheBeazleyArchive,Oxford,andrecentlycollaboratedwithSirJohnBoardmanonTheMarlboroughGems.

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