Treasury of The World - Jewelled Arts of India in the Age of the Mughals

Informationen zum Autor Manuel Keene is the curator of the al-Sabah Collection in Kuwait, one of the most important focuses for the study of the Islamic arts in the world. His publications include (with Marilyn Jenkins) Islamic Jewelry in the Metropolitan Museum of Art . Klappentext Jewelry as an art form in Mughal India has probably never been surpassed by any other civilization in the history of the world. Zusammenfassung Jewelry as an art form in Mughal India has probably never been surpassed by any other civilization. This presentation includes over 300 specially taken photographs - the great majority illustrating objects never previously published. The pieces range from rings, necklaces and other body ornaments to astonishingly detailed jewelled work on objects as diverse as boxes, flasks, bowls and daggers. They are presented and analysed in themes that include stone settings, precious metal inlay in hard stones, relief decoration in hammered metals, engraved gold-backed jewels, stones set on a gold floral ground, gold-embellished steel, relief carved ornaments, carved set gems, the varieties of gemstone forms and inscribed royal stones. The book concludes with a selection of particularly exuberant pieces that combine to create an explosion of jewelled magnificence of incomparable splendour.

Product details

• Authors: Manuel Keene, Keene Manuel
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.07.2001
• EAN: 9780500976081
• ISBN: 978-0-500-97608-1
• No. of pages: 160
• Weight: 770 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; ART / Asian / Indian & South Asian, ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Jewelry, India, DESIGN / Jewelry, Antiques, vintage and collectables: jewellery, Antiques & collectables: jewellery