Jewellery matters / Marjan Unger, Suzanne van Leeuwen ; translation, Robyn de Jong-Dalziel.

In this richly illustrated book, art historian and design expert Marjan Unger tells the story of jewellery. She places jewels in the context of the people who wore them, their culture and their time, and interlaces surprising perspectives from art history, fashion theory and anthropology with the cu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Unger, Marjan, 1946- (Author)
Leeuwen, Suzanne van (Author)
Corporate Author: Rijksmuseum (Netherlands)
Other Authors: Dibbits, Taco (writer of foreword.)
De Jong-Dalziel, Robyn (Translator)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
Dutch
Language and/or Writing System:
Translated from the Dutch.
Published: Rotterdam : Amsterdam : Nai010 Publishers ; Rijksmuseum, [2017]
Subjects:
Rijksmuseum (Netherlands) > Catalogs.
Jewelry > History.
Jewelry > Art.
Art > History > Jewelry.
Bijoux > Histoire.
Rijksmuseum (Netherlands)
Jewelry.
Art.
Catalogs.
History.
Genre:
Catalogs.
Art.
History.
Physical Description:645 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits ; 20 cm
Variant Title:
Jewelry matters
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Foreword / Taco Dibbits
  • Introduction / Marjan Unger
  • The Rijksmuseum jewellery collection / Suzanne van Leeuwen
  • Jewellery in context
  • Intermezzo, the Dutch and their jewellery
  • The basics : definition and sources
  • Intermezzo, collections
  • The study of Jewellery : towards a multidisciplinary approach
  • Intermezzo, real or fake
  • The making of jewellery : craftsmanship and creativity
  • Wearing jewellery : the underlying motives
  • Six reasons why jewellery matters.