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Brilliant Effects: A Cultural History of Gem Stones and Jewellery
Marcia Pointon
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| #2761791 in Books | 2010-03-30 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 11.60 x1.30 x10.10l,6.05 | File type: PDF | 368 pages||0 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| A gem of a book to own!|By Dr. Elisabeth Lenckos|This book is not only gorgeous, but well written. The research is top-class. A gem of a work to own!||
|“This book is brilliant cultural history, indeed.”|--Books & Culture|
In a broad-ranging and exceptional work of cultural and art history, Marcia Pointon explores what owning, wearing, distributing, and circulating gems and jewelry has meant in the post-Renaissance history of Europe. She examines the capacity of jewels not only to fascinate but also to create disorder and controversy throughout history and across cultures.
Pointon argues that what is materially precious is invariably contentious. When what is precious is a finely...
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