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02328aam a2200361Ii 4500 001 DE2EC2D254A311EB949297D433ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210112010031 008 200313s2020 nyua 000 0 eng d 010 $a 2020935610 020 $a 9780847868544 020 $a 0847868540 035 $a (OCoLC)1144120716 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d APL $d OCLCF $d TI2 $d JIM $d SILO 082 04 $a 391.7 $2 23 100 1 $a Volandes, Stellene, $e author. 245 10 $a Jewels that made history : $b 100 stones, myths, & legends / $c by stellene Volandes. 246 3 $a 100 stones, myths, and legends 246 3 $a One hundred stones, myths and legends 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Rizzoli International Publications, $c 2020. 300 $a 222 pages : $b color illustrations ; $c 23 cm 520 $a "This is not the history of jewelry. And it is not a history of the world. Rather, this book is a highly opinionated chronicle of select moments where these forces collide. It is also, I hope, an invitation to see each jewel at the center of these moments through that cultural crash. It is how I fell so deeply in love with jewelry, and why, after reading this, I anticipate you might as well. Each moment attempts to isolate the forces of empire, conflict, commerce, passion, and fate coalescing in a jewel. I hope you will never again look at an art nouveau brooch without imagining Commodore Perry sailing into Japan, or see a cameo without considering the coronation of Napoleon or the excavations at Pompeii, and maybe the next time someone blames Marie Antoinette for the French Revolution, you will guide them to point at a necklace instead. This book is, above all, a call to take jewelry out of the safe glass vitrine, or velvet box, and place it on the grand stage of history. I hope, after reading it, you will always expect it to appear there"--Pages 6-7. 650 0 $a Jewelry. 650 0 $a Jewelry $x History. 650 7 $a Jewelry. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00982535 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 4 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240710052916.0 952 $l UJPE911 $d 20230519013758.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722064136.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20210415010220.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DE2EC2D254A311EB949297D433ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JIMInitiate Another SILO Locator Search