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Jewelry: The Body Transformed
Hardcover
$50.00
By Melanie Holcomb (Editor), Kim Benzel (Contribution by), Soyoung Lee (Contribution by), Diana Craig Patch (Contribution by), Joanne Pillsbury (Contribution by), Beth Carver Wees (Contribution by)
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A cross-cultural examination of jewelry spanning 5,000 years that investigates not only the objects themselves but also the bodies they decorated
As an art form, jewelry is defined primarily through its connection to and interaction with the body—extending it, amplifying it, accentuating it, distorting it, concealing it, or transforming it. But how is the meaning of jewelry bound to the body that wears it?
Establishing six different modes of ornamenting the body—Deconstructed, Divine, Rega...
As an art form, jewelry is defined primarily through its connection to and interaction with the body—extending it, amplifying it, accentuating it, distorting it, concealing it, or transforming it. But how is the meaning of jewelry bound to the body that wears it?
Establishing six different modes of ornamenting the body—Deconstructed, Divine, Rega...