Overview
This stunning book showcases the largest collection of ancient jewelled objects ever assembled, with sparkling photography and history throughout.Jewelry aficionado, and president of America's National Jewelry Institute, Judith Price has compiled a collection of the most stunning ancient objects ever assembled. Pieces on loan come from the Berlin Museum, the Louvre, the British Museum, the Islamic collection at the Metropolitan Museum, the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, and the Princeton Museum are thousands of years old, some from as far back as 4,000 BCE.The gorgeous artifacts originated in the ancient times of Mesopotamia, Persia, Levant, the Byzantine Empire, and the Islamic world, and are of incomparable worth. The book will be supported by a major exhibit of the collection.
Full Product Details
Author: Judith Price
Publisher: Running Press
Imprint: Running Press,U.S.
Dimensions:
Width: 27.40cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 27.40cm
Weight: 1.225kg
ISBN: 9780762433865
ISBN 10: 0762433868
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 01 September 2008
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Temporarily unavailable
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Reviews
Sacramento Book Review, September 2008 A spectacular survey of jeweled objects from early civilization through about 1500 C.D. ... Masterpieces of Ancient Jewelry is a fine collection of, not only the objects, but a comprehensive collection of essays and interviews with jewelry historians around the world, providing a reference to the times and places that the jewelry was made and used.
Sacramento Book Review, September 2008<br> A spectacular survey of jeweled objects from early civilization through about 1500 C.D. ... Masterpieces of Ancient Jewelry is a fine collection of, not only the objects, but a comprehensive collection of essays and interviews with jewelry historians around the world, providing a reference to the times and places that the jewelry was made and used.
Author Information
Judith Price is the president of the National Jewelry Institute, a highly-regarded non-profit organization established to create and support exhibitions of the most important jewelry of the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The institute, located on Fifth Avenue, New York, also endorses the education of those studying the jewelry trade in order to perpetuate and maintain the integrity of artistic tradition. Ms Price is the founder of Avenue magazine, and the author of Masterpieces of American Jewelry. She lives in New York.
