Brilliant effects

gems and jewellery as agency in history, literature, and the visual arts

By Marcia R. Pointon

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Publish Date

2009

Publisher

Yale University Press

Language

eng

Pages

426

Description:

Pointon examines how small-scale and valuable artefacts have figured in systems of belief and in political and social practice in Europe since the Renaissance.

subjects: Jewelry, Art and society, Psychological aspects of Jewelry, Social aspects, Social aspects of Jewelry, Psychological aspects, Social life and customs