Schmuck-Design der Moderne: Geschichte und GegenwartReinhold Ludwig
Gebundene Ausgabe
Physical description; 399 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 33 cm. Summary; This publication is a first, documenting the development of modern design in mass-produced jewellery from the post-war years to the present. An autonomous trend in jewellery - albeit related to modern art architecture and design - it has become established mainly in the German-speaking countries. Nowadays jewellery designed in Germany in medium-sized factories and studios represents a major countertrend to conventional luxury jewellery. Since the 1990s, interest in this kind of jewellery has been growing outside Germany as well, in the U S, in Europe and Asia. The author begins with a brief retrospective of the origins of modern jewellery: Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Bauhaus and New Objectivity. The revival of goldsmithing from the mid-1960s provided the formal and intellectual foundation for what is now happening in modern mass-produced jewellery design. A large illustrated section gives an historical overview of those developments as shown by the most important classic modern jewellery design and leading current exponents with their exceptional designer pieces. Subjects; Jewelry - Germany - History - 20th century - Catalogs. Jewelry - Germany - History - 21st century - Catalogs.
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