Portrait jewels : opulence and intimacy from the medici to the romanovs / Diana Scarisbrick.
Language: English Publication details: New York : Thames & Hudson, 2011. Description: 352 p. : color ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0500515573; 9780500515570Subject(s): Jewelry -- History -- Europe | Portrait frames -- Europe | Portrait miniatures, EuropeanLOC classification: NK7342 .S33 P67 2011| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Books | Vitali Hakko Kreatif Endüstriler Kütüphanesi | NK7342 .S33 P67 2011 | Not for loan | 008558 |
Renaissance Europe, 1500-1625 -- The Baroque interpretation, 1625-1715 -- Eighteenth-century absolutism, elegance and sentiment, 1715-1800 -- Dynastic pride and private affection from Napoleon to World War I, 1800-1916 -- The portrait diamond, 1613-1906 -- The engraved diamond portrait.
Draws upon author's knowledge of jewelry, painting, history and literature to set the portrait jewels in the context of people's lives, bringing to life five centuries of extraordinary events and personalities, and at the same time illustrating an aspect of the history of jewelry never explored to this degree.