Jewelry : the body transformed / edited by Melanie Holcomb ; with contributions by Kim Benzel, Soyoung Lee, Diana Craig Patch, Joanne Pillsbury, and Beth Carver Wees.
2018
NK7301.N4 M48 2018 (Mapit)
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Title
Jewelry : the body transformed / edited by Melanie Holcomb ; with contributions by Kim Benzel, Soyoung Lee, Diana Craig Patch, Joanne Pillsbury, and Beth Carver Wees.
Author
Holcomb, Melanie, editor.
ISBN
9781588396501 (hardcover)
1588396509 (hardcover)
1588396509 (hardcover)
Published
New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2018]
Language
English
Description
279 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Call Number
NK7301.N4 M48 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification
739
Summary
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? 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. Exhibition: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA (12.11.2018-24.02.2019).
Note
Catalog of an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from November 12, 2018-February 24, 2019.
"What is jewelry? Why do we wear it? What meanings does it carry? Traversing time and space, this exhibition explores how jewelry acts upon and activates the body it adorns. This global conversation about one of the most personal and universal of art forms brings together some 230 objects drawn almost exclusively from The Met collection. A dazzling array of headdresses and ear ornaments, brooches and belts, necklaces and rings will be shown along with sculptures, paintings, prints, and photographs that will enrich and amplify the many stories of transformation that jewelry tells." -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.
"What is jewelry? Why do we wear it? What meanings does it carry? Traversing time and space, this exhibition explores how jewelry acts upon and activates the body it adorns. This global conversation about one of the most personal and universal of art forms brings together some 230 objects drawn almost exclusively from The Met collection. A dazzling array of headdresses and ear ornaments, brooches and belts, necklaces and rings will be shown along with sculptures, paintings, prints, and photographs that will enrich and amplify the many stories of transformation that jewelry tells." -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-261) and index.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
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Table of Contents
The adorned body
The divine body
The regal body
The transcendent body
The alluring body
The resplendent body.
The divine body
The regal body
The transcendent body
The alluring body
The resplendent body.