""A new, imperishable beauty," was how the artist and architect Henry van de Velde described it. European Art Nouveau jewelry of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries embraced a new aesthetic characterized by sensuous forms, dramatic imagery and vivid symbolism. Many…
"This book examines the significance of adornment to the shaping of identity in mortuary contexts within Asia, and brings these perspectives into dialogue with current scholarship in other worldwide regions. The mortuary contexts of focus in this volume represent unique sites an…
Surveying the jewellery worn by women in Scandinavian-settled areas of England in the Viking period, this book describes and illustrates these dress fittings, many of which have only recently been found. The book reveals the extent and nature of female participation in the Vikin…
"Viking Identities is the first detailed archaeological study of Viking-Age Scandinavian-style female dress items from England. Based on primary archival and archaeological research, including the analysis of hundreds of recent metal-detector finds, it presents evidence for over…
Edelsteine: Bestimmung, Eigenschaften und Behandlung
by Häger, Tobias, Wehrmeister, Ursula
fromLehrbuch
