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Traditional Indian Jewellery: The Golden Smile of India; Beautiful People (2 columes in box)

Door Bernadette van Gelder

Categorie
Edelstenen & Juwelen
Boeknummer
#352372-KO28
Titel
Traditional Indian Jewellery: The Golden Smile of India; Beautiful People (2 columes in box)
Auteur
Gelder, Bernadette van
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
ACC Art Books
Jaar van uitgave
2018
ISBN10
1851498532
ISBN13
9781851498536
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
2 uniform pictorial hardcovers, decorative maps on endpapers, illustrated with numerous *(full page) colour photographs), pictorial board slicase, 295+311 pages, 4to.
Samenvatting
Provides a technical insight into the jewellery-making process, and explores enamelling which is a niche topic within the broad subject of Indian jewellery.

Traditional Indian Jewellery is a vast and detailed publication covering the rich heritage of Indian jewellery and its significance in past and present Indian society.

Jewellery plays an important part in the everyday lives, important moments, festivals and religious aspects of Indian culture. It is not only girls and women who wear jewellery, but also boys, men, temple statues and even animals. The book excels in its detailed descriptions, which accompany the sumptuous array of images. We discover why enamel is used in the north of India, the origin and significance of gold, the significance of setting gems in a certain order, a... (Lees verder)nd jewellery's spiritual importance. The book covers in detail the meaning of the use of flowers and birds in Hindu influenced jewellery, looking through the eyes of 17th century European travellers who visited the rich Mogul courts.

This publication is the result of 35 years of research - travelling, studying, and talking to many people across the entire subcontinent of India, as well as having had unprecedented access to goldsmiths and enamellers; being shown techniques known only to one family, which have been transferred from generation to generation; and being granted access to beautiful and never before seen Royal collections.
Pagina's
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Conditie
Goed — 2 large dents in slipcase (bottom back side); books very fine.
Prijs
€ 80,00

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