Research Catalog

Title

Jewels of the Renaissance / Yvonne Hackenbroch ; introduction by Gonzague Saint Bris.

Author

Hackenbroch, Yvonne

Publication

• New York, NY : Assouline Publishing, [2015]
• ©2015

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Details

Additional Authors

• Saint Bris, Gonzague
• Slingerland, Amy L.

Description

291 pages : color illustrations; 35 cm

Summary

"The fascination of jewels is rooted not only in their ability to please the eye but also in their power to express the range of human emotions and ambitions--love, friendship, religious devotion, superstition, dynastic pride. Renaissance jewels are among the most alluring manifestations of an age that experienced the widening of old-established horizons, from the Old World to the New. Dr. Yvonne Hackenbroch's seminal and comprehensive work, Renaissance Jewellery, originally published in 1979, established her reputation as the world's foremost expert in the field. Hackenbroch brings to the subject not only her specialized knowledge and historical discipline but also a storyteller's passion for the jewels' beauty and power. With the kind permission of Dr. Hackenbroch's estate, Assouline has abridged Dr. Hackenbroch's original text to produce this spectacular volume, brimming with luxurious imagery expressing the overflowing creativity and boundless spirit of the Age of the Renaissance." -- Publisher's website.

Subjects

• Jewelry, Renaissance
• Jewelry in art
• Art objects, Renaissance
• Illustrated works

Genre/Form

Illustrated works.

Note

• "Introduction translated from the French by Gail de Courcy-Ireland. Text abridged [from the author's Renaissance jewellery, published in 1979] and edited by Amy L. Slingerland"--Colophon (page 290).

Contents

Introduction / Gonzague Saint Bris -- Prologue -- Italy -- France -- Germany -- The Netherlands -- England & Scotland -- Spain & Portugal.

ISBN

• 9781614282037
• 161428203X

LCCN

99965278643

OCLC

• ocn893408791
• 893408791
• SCSB-5830534

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries