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Jewelry - The Body Transformed (Hardcover)
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Jewelry - The Body Transformed (Hardcover)
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A cross-cultural examination of jewelry spanning 5,000 years that
investigates not only the objects themselves but also the
bodies they decorated As an art form, jewelry is defined primarily
through its connection to and interaction with the body—extending
it, amplifying it, accentuating it, distorting it, concealing it,
or transforming it. But how is the meaning of jewelry bound to the
body that wears it? Â Establishing six different modes of
ornamenting the body—Deconstructed, Divine, Regal, Idealized,
Alluring, and Resplendent—this artfully designed book illustrates
how these various definitions of the body give meaning to the
jewelry that adorns it. More than 200 examples of exceptional
jewelry and ornaments, created across the globe from antiquity to
the present, are shown alongside paintings and sculptures of
bejeweled bodies to demonstrate the social, political, and
aesthetic role of jewelry. From earflares of warrior heroes in
Pre-Columbian Peru to designs by Yves Saint-Laurent, these precious
and most intimate works of art provide insight not only about the
wearer but also into the designers, artisans, and cultures
that produced them. Published by The Metropolitan Museum of
Art/Distributed by Yale University Press Exhibition Schedule: The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (11/12/18–02/24/19)
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