1922 products
Yvonne Markowitz
MFA Publications, 2008
"A new, imperishable beauty," was how the artist and architect Henry van de Velde described it. European Art Nouveau jewelry of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries embraced a new aesthetic characterized by sensuous forms, dramatic imagery and vivid symbolism. Many of the designers associated with the movement sought their inspiration not in traditional jewelry, but in the work of the pre-Raphaelites and Impressionists and in the arts of Japan. Rejecting the rigid naturalism typical of European decorative arts, designers such as René Lalique and Henry van de Velde, and the artists of the German Jugenstil and Austrian Wiener Sezession movements, created ornaments that expressed the spirit and freedom of the era. These artists and designers adopted a free-flowing line and asymmetrical format that invigorated their work and set it apart, while their use of natural motifs and of the female form imbued their creations with energy, sensuality and dreamy mysticism. But underlying the undeniable exuberance of these works was a fin-de-sicle edginess that endows this period with inexhaustible fascination. With nearly 120 ornaments from a single private collection--the finest of its type in America--Imperishable Beauty features all of the major designers and jewelers from this groundbreaking era. Paintings, prints, posters and textiles fill out the presentation, making this book as rich and intoxicating as the aesthetic it portrays.
English - 176 Pages - 23 x 24 cm - 1 Kg
ISBN: 9780878467341
In India
Mitch Epstein, Susan Bell, Ryan Spencer
Steidl, 2021
Between 1978 and 1989, Mitch Epstein made eight trips to India and shot tens of thousands of photographs. He also made three films there with his Indian wife, director Mira Nair. The photographs in this book are the result of Epstein’s unusual dual vantage in an extraordinarily complicated culture: through his Indian family life and work, he was both an insider and outsider. Epstein was able to enter a wide swath of subcultures that included a striptease cabaret, the Royal Bombay Yacht Club, Bollywood movie sets, an old-time Punjabi wedding band, and religious pilgrims both Muslim and Hindu. In India is the fruit of Epstein’s deep and extended experience of India, where separate worlds converged.
English - 144 Pages – 28 x 31.5 cm – 1.5 Kg
ISBN: 9783958299672
Patricia Rieff Anawalt
University of Oklahoma Press, 1990
In her book, Patricia Anawalt describes through text and more than 350 illustrations and charts what the Indians of Middle America were wearing when Corts and his conquistadors arrived in the New World in 1519. The costumes reveal a great deal about those who wore them. To the peoples of Middle America, dress was identity; even a god had to don his proper attire. To the Aztecs and their neighbors, for example, the wearing of appropriate clothing was strictly controlled by both custom and law. An individuals attire immediately identified not only culture affiliation but rank and status as well. Since each group dressed in a distinctive and characteristic manner, a great deal of ethnographic and historical information can be gleaned from a study of what those groups wore.
English - 252 Pages - 23.5 x 2.5 x 32 cm - 1,4 Kg
ISBN: 9780806122885
Patrick Blanche
Georges Naef, 2008
L'Indonésie est un vaste mélange de paysages et de cultures. Disséminé sur les mers équatoriales, aux confins de l'Asie du Sud-Est, l'immense archipel indonésien intrigue par sa variété et ses contrastes. Environ 14 000 îles de toutes tailles. Plus de 300 langues pour autant de peuples et de tribus. Des cultures originales, fruits de métissages et d'autres sociétés archaïques inchangées depuis la nuit des temps. Où que l'on soit, un volcan pointe à l'horizon. Cette ceinture de feu a toujours causé des désastres, mais aussi donné vie à l'une des terres les plus fertiles du monde offrant jusqu'à trois récoltes et donc soumise à toutes les convoitises. Patrick Blanche, photographe passionné, fasciné par ces peuples qui ont probablement parcouru ces mers depuis des siècles, a sillonné ce pays à plusieurs reprises. Aucun voyage ne ressemble au précédent.
French - 250 Pages - 28 cm x 2.7 cm x 33 cm - 2.3 Kg
ISBN: 9782831304045
Phyllida Jay
Roli Books Pvt Ltd, 2022
Inspired by India is an exploration of more than six centuries of trade, cultural exchange, and inspiration between India and the West. Through the lens of various material categories, including textiles, fashion, jewellery, and perfume, marvellous stories unfold surrounding the histories of objects and the complex networks of cultural exchange they represent. The book explores how some of the most legendary design houses have looked to Indian culture, decorative arts and artisanal crafts for inspiration. Indian-inspired objects from luxury houses including Hermès, Chanel, Cartier, and Dior are featured, revealing creative and fascinating stories of inspiration and creativity.
English - 256 Pages - 27 x 23 cm - 0.4 Kg
ISBN: 9789392130564