Unique by design : contemporary jewelry in the Donna Schneier Collection / Suzanne Ramljak.
"Studio jewelry dissolves the modern distinction between decorative and fine arts. The 60 pieces in this lively volume, collected by Donna Schneier and donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, were created primarily from the early 1960s to the present day and show a fluid engagement with vari...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
The Metropolitan Museum Of Art,
[2014]
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| Summary: | "Studio jewelry dissolves the modern distinction between decorative and fine arts. The 60 pieces in this lively volume, collected by Donna Schneier and donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, were created primarily from the early 1960s to the present day and show a fluid engagement with various traditions in jewelry-making--from old masterworks to contemporary pieces--as well as various 20th-century art movements such as Conceptual art, Arte Povera, and Surrealism. Unique by Design draws attention to these dazzling small works of art, most of which have never before been published. Although these pieces incorporate a variety of materials, ranging from the precious to the ordinary, they share some common traits that reflect the collector's tastes: wit, elegance, fantasy, imagination, social observation, and technical virtuosity. Above all, these works were made to be worn and to create a dynamic engagement with a body." -- Publisher's website. |
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| Item Description: | Catalog of an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, May 13-August 31, 2014. |
| Physical Description: | 135 pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 135) |
| ISBN: | 9781588395542 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) 1588395545 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) 9780300208764 (Yale University Press) 0300208766 (Yale University Press) |