Sat, 08 Jan 2011 23:22:52 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/gemstones:-properties-identification-and-use-343-57034.html GEMSTONES: PROPERTIES, IDENTIFICATION AND USE

Author: ARTHUR THOMAS  Publisher: LUSTRE]]> Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/cartier-jewelry:-design-since-1937-343-57111.html Cartier's peerless designers have continued to amaze decade after decade--from the 1930s into the twenty-first century--with their fanciful and trendsetting creations. Figurative pieces comprise a significant portion of the house's collection--a veritable menagerie that includes bejeweled roosters and cobras cohabitating with tigers and angelfish. In addition to whimsical fauna and resplendent flora, Cartier crafted items of precisely mastered abstraction, from virtuoso work in gold to chromatic harmonies ranging from subtle to bold. The second half of the twentieth century was to provide an inexhaustible repertoire of forms for decorative objects and finery. Close-ups of hundreds of Cartier pieces are supplemented with archival drawings, as well as society and fashion photographs. This volume chronicles the rise of a pioneering firm and illustrates the power of constantly renewed styles based on a fine balance between imagination and know-how, creativity and experience. Fashion writer Nadine Coleno situates the emergence of Cartier's creations in their historical and stylistic context. This volume offers an eloquent tribute to the multiple talents that have transformed the name of a dynasty of jewelers into the universal gold standard in jewelry design.

Author: FLAMMARION  Publisher: LUSTRE]]> Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:30:00 +0100 http://www.bookvook.com/book/details/indian-jewellery-343-57228.html With all its romance and glamour, has been a source of perennial fascination. Tracing in scholarly detail, jewellery and the ethos in which it was used down the ages, beginning with Mohenjodaro, the book records the changes and the variety in materials used, fashions and the art and technology of jewellery-making. Illustrations in stunning colour are highly appealing.

Author: NIGAM, M.L.  Publisher: LUSTRE]]> Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:30:00 +0100