Jewelry: From Antiquity to the Present: 0 (World of Art)

Great history book on jewellery, arrived super quickly in great shape! Absolutely satisfied with my purchase.

The text contains some useful information for the more specific study of jewellery making in Birmingham. the book identified elements of the trade that are not generally associated with Birmingham.

Bought for a friend's birthday as she makes her own jewelry and I thought this book would be ideal. It wasn't in the best condition, but my friend liked it

Book as expected and has proved very useful.

I recently began a jewelry making course, and I purchased this book to broaden my knowledge and understanding of jewelry in general. The book covers the history of western jewelry from prehistory to contemporary times. It has excellent and inspiring images of artifacts discussed, and the writing style is engaging and easy to read. Its shortcoming would perhaps be that it focuses almost entirely on western jewelry history, but overall this is an excellent book!

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what a let-down. hardly any photos. mostly in black and white so couldn't appreciate the possible beauty of the pieces. do not waste your money as this book is badly written and not worth a look!

The item arrived in perfect condition and in a timely manner.

Bon petit livre de référence pas trop cher, mais beaucoup de photos en N&B. Dommage qu'il n'y ait pas d'équivalent en français

El libro es perfecto para el que quiera conocer la historia de la joyería desde sus inicios. Explica todo de forma sencilla, centrándose en los puntos importantes pero quitando paja, creo que es bastante completo. Lo compré de segunda mano pero llegó como nuevo!! Muy contenta con mi compra.

This is probably the best general overview one could ask of the subject of jewelry history. Starting around 30,000 BC and ending around 1988, the book (printed 1996) covers a wide variety of styles and eras. It is lavishly illustrated in color and b/w, with excellent detail. Of course, being that it is only 200 pp or so, it's not going to be able to go in depth anywhere, but it still manages to get its points across regarding trends, technology, and sociology and how they all affected jewelry styles. The halfway point in this book is the Elizabethan era, so the entire latter half of the book falls outside SCA period. Very little indeed covers the period I'm most interested in, Italy of the 15th century. It also seems enamored with the "popular" eras -- little attention is paid to non-European countries once the Ancient Egyptian and Greco-Roman classic periods are dealt with. However, it's still a fascinating read, and a great introduction to the subject. The bibliography is quite extensive, giving the reader plenty of places to take up additional study. In summary, I would suggest that any history or costuming enthusiast pick this up.

Nonostante l’abbia preso usato era in perfette condizioni