Art Nouveau Designers at the Paris Salons 1895-1914 - Vol. I. Jewellery of Art Nouveau - Part 1
Autor:
Alastair Duncan
Editura:
Antique Collectors' Club
ISBN:
1851491597
Preţ magazin :
318,82 RON
Carte în limba:
engleză
Descriere:
SE VINDE NUMAI SERIA COMPLETA (6 BUC.)
This two-volume set is a unique visual record of the jewellery shown at the Paris Salons from 1895 to 1914.
It illustrates some 3,000 pieces of jewellery, the work of such giants as Boucheron, Falguières, Fouquet and Gaillard, as well as that of nearly 200 lesser known but still outstanding designers.
During the twenty-year period covered, jewellery design underwent a fundamental change, one which Alastair Duncan admirably describes in his scholarly introduction which sets the context in which the joaillier (representing the mainstream of traditional French jewellery) and the bijoutier (representing a new generation of jewellers) sought to adapt and innovate. He describes the functions of the four annual Salons at which jewellery was featured those of the Société des Artistes Français, the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, the Société des Artistes Décorateurs, and the Salon d’Automne, as well as two important exhibitions – the Exposition Universelle of 1900 and the Exposition de la Parure Précieuse de la Femme of 1908, both of which confirmed the pre-eminence of the French jewellery industry.
Many of the pieces shown here will be familiar, but through years of meticulous research, the author has been able in a number of cases to give designers’ names to pieces – a quality of research that will make these two volumes an unequalled reference for many years to come for a wide variety of specialists and students in the field of art history, jewellery and design.
These two volumes are the first in a multi-volume series illustrating the decorative arts of the Paris Salons, gathered together from all the known and available Salons’ catalogues as well as contemporary reviews and articles. The series will form an unparalleled research tool illustrating the vast output of the designers and craftsmen working during the brief twenty-year period which saw the rise, development and demise of the style known as Art Nouveau.
Format:
279 x 216 mm, 350 pp., 15 c., 3,000 b&w, hardback
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