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Jewelry -- History -- 20th century.
Jewelry -- History -- 21st century.
Artist-designed jewelry.
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Jewelry -- History -- 20th century.
Jewelry -- History -- 21st century.
Artist-designed jewelry.
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Contemporary jewelry in perspective / edited by Damian Skinner ; in association with Art Jewelry Forum.
Lark Jewelry & Beading, an Imprint of Sterling Pub., [2013]
Call #:
739
.27
C761
Subjects
Jewelry -- History -- 20th century.
Jewelry -- History -- 21st century.
Artist-designed jewelry.
Series
Lark jewelry & beading.
ISBN:
9781454702771 (hc.)
145470277X (hc.)
Description:
263 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
What is contemporary jewelry? / Damian Skinner -- Thinking about contemporary jewelry / Damian Skinner -- The spaces of contemporary jewelry: page, bench, plinth, drawer, street, body, world / Mònica Gaspar, Benjamin Lignel, Kevin Murray, Damian Skinner, Namita Wiggers -- The history of contemporary jewelry / Damian Skinner -- Early twentieth-century art jewelry / Elyse Zorn Karlin -- Europe / Liesbeth den Besten -- North America / Kelly Hays L'Ecuyer -- Latin America / Valeria Vallarta Siemelink -- Australasia / Damian Skinner -- East Asia / Chang Dong- kwang -- Southern Africa / Sarah Rhodes -- Contemporary thinking for contemporary jewelry / Damian Skinner -- The jewel game: gems, fascination and the neuroscience of visual attention / Barbara Maria Stafford -- The cultural meanings of jewelry / Marcia Pointon -- The accessorized ape / Elizabeth Fischer -- Body modification from punks to body hackers: about piercings and tattoos in postmodern societies / Philippe Liotard -- A touchy affair: on contemporary and commercial jewelry / Suzanne Ramljak -- Now and then: thinking about the contemporary in art and jewelry / Julie Ewington -- Jewelry in the expanded field: between applied social art and critical design / Mònica Gaspar -- Thinking process: on contemporary jewelry and the relational turn / Helen Carnac -- The political challenge to contemporary jewelry / Kevin Murray -- DIY in theory and practice / Barb Smith.
Summary:
What is contemporary jewelry? What makes it unique? What distinguishes these objects and practices from other visual arts? Contemporary Jewelry in Perspective provides clear definitions, concise history, and cultural context for the form. Featuring abundant illustrations and notable contributors from around the world, it offers fascinating discussions on creating, collecting, exhibiting, selling, and wearing these pieces, plus individual essays that present a global perspective on the art. -- Provided by publisher.
Other authors:
Skinner, Damian, editor.
Art Jewelry Forum (Mill Valley, Calif.)
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