Imperishable beauty : art nouveau jewelry

Imperishable beauty : art nouveau jewelry / Yvonne J. Markowitz and Elyse Zorn Karlin ; with contributions by Susan Ward.

""A new, imperishable beauty," was how the artist and architect Henry van de Velde described it. European Art Nouveau jewelry of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries embraced a new aesthetic characterized by sensuous forms, dramatic imagery and vivid symbolism. Many of th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Markowitz, Yvonne J.
Corporate Authors: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Cincinnati Art Museum
Other Authors: Karlin, Elyse Zorn, Ward, Susan
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : New York, N.Y. : MFA Publications ; D.A.P./ Distributed Art Publishers, 2008.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Jewelry > History > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Art nouveau > Exhibitions.
Jewelry > Private collections > United States > Exhibitions.
Jewelers > Biography.
Exhibition catalogs.
Table of Contents:
  • Art nouveau jewelry: an overview / Yvonne J. Markowitz
  • Symbols and motifs in art nouveau jewelry / Elyse Zorn Karlin
  • Flora
  • Fauna
  • The human figure.

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