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Pearl
Nature's Perfect Gem
Buch von Fiona Lindsay Shen
Sprache: Englisch

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From their creation in the maw of mollusks to lustrous objects of infatuation and conflict, a revealing look at pearls' dark history. This book is a beautifully illustrated account of pearls through millennia, from fossils to contemporary jewelry. Pearls are the most human of gems, both miraculous and familiar. Uniquely organic in origin, they are as intimate as our bodies, created through the same process as we grow bones and teeth. They have long been described as an animal's sacrifice, but until recently their retrieval often entailed the sacrifices of enslaved and indentured divers and laborers. While the shimmer of the pearl has enticed Roman noblewomen, Mughal princes, Hollywood royalty, mavericks, and renegades, encoded in its surface is a history of human endeavor, abuse, and aspiration--pain locked in the layers of a gleaming gem.
From their creation in the maw of mollusks to lustrous objects of infatuation and conflict, a revealing look at pearls' dark history. This book is a beautifully illustrated account of pearls through millennia, from fossils to contemporary jewelry. Pearls are the most human of gems, both miraculous and familiar. Uniquely organic in origin, they are as intimate as our bodies, created through the same process as we grow bones and teeth. They have long been described as an animal's sacrifice, but until recently their retrieval often entailed the sacrifices of enslaved and indentured divers and laborers. While the shimmer of the pearl has enticed Roman noblewomen, Mughal princes, Hollywood royalty, mavericks, and renegades, encoded in its surface is a history of human endeavor, abuse, and aspiration--pain locked in the layers of a gleaming gem.
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Fiona Lindsay Shen is an art historian and director of the Escalette Permanent Collection of Art at Chapman University in California. Her books include Silver: Nature and Culture, also published by Reaktion Books.
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Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Antiquitäten
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781789146219
ISBN-10: 1789146216
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Shen, Fiona Lindsay
Hersteller: Reaktion Books
Maße: 231 x 179 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Fiona Lindsay Shen
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.10.2022
Gewicht: 0,86 kg
Artikel-ID: 121362867
Über den Autor
Fiona Lindsay Shen is an art historian and director of the Escalette Permanent Collection of Art at Chapman University in California. Her books include Silver: Nature and Culture, also published by Reaktion Books.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Antiquitäten
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781789146219
ISBN-10: 1789146216
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Shen, Fiona Lindsay
Hersteller: Reaktion Books
Maße: 231 x 179 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Fiona Lindsay Shen
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.10.2022
Gewicht: 0,86 kg
Artikel-ID: 121362867
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