Middle Eastern and Venetian Glass Beads

Middle Eastern and Venetian Glass Beads
Title Middle Eastern and Venetian Glass Beads PDF eBook
Author Augusto Panini
Publisher
Pages 320
Release 2007
Genre Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN

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"This volume allows us to share the many years of impassioned, fruitful research that have allowed the author to select a grouping of Middle Eastern and Venetian glass beads found in Western Africa. BJ This text provides an in-depth analysis of the elements that make up a plurality of bead types, allowing us to achieve a synthetic reading of their technical, historical and - where present - symbolic characteristics."--BOOK JACKET.

Glass Beads

Glass Beads
Title Glass Beads PDF eBook
Author Karlis Karklins
Publisher National Historic Parks and Sites Branch, Parks Canada
Pages 136
Release 1982
Genre Crafts & Hobbies
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The Venetian Glass Bead

The Venetian Glass Bead
Title The Venetian Glass Bead PDF eBook
Author Kathy Fox
Publisher Kalmbach Books
Pages 113
Release 2012-08-29
Genre Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN 0871167743

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Millefiori, foil, Klimt, Miro – these are just a few of the colorful Venetian glass bead styles taking center stage in Kathy Fox’s illuminating book. Fully detailed and beautifully photographed, the step-by-step instructions for 24 modern jewelry projects using wire wrapping, bead crochet, knotting, stringing, and simple stitching will entice any reader into becoming a Venetian glass bead artist. She also shares the rich history and tradition behind this old-world art form, and provides useful tips for identifying authentic Venetian and Murano beads, guiding readers to informed buying decisions.

The World in a Bead. The Murano Glass Museum's Collection

The World in a Bead. The Murano Glass Museum's Collection
Title The World in a Bead. The Murano Glass Museum's Collection PDF eBook
Author Augusto Panini
Publisher
Pages 376
Release 2017
Genre Art
ISBN 9788899657901

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An exciting incursion into the Murano Museum's glass bead collection, documented by over a thousand images that transmit the very material essence of every single bead, wowing and intriguing the visitor page after page. After almost a century of oblivion, the collection is the subject of new analysis as it prepares to go on display again in the museum's new halls.The collection was put together between 1861 and 1883 by Abbot Vincenzo Zanetti and is representative of 19th century Venetian and Murano production. 0This book is the result of a meticulous and passionate research project whose starting point was essays on the Museum's collections written by Abbot Zanetti for International Exhibitions or to document the discoveries that leading glassmakers had developed in the first half of the 1800s. It reconstructs the attributes and provenance of each bunch of beads and every sample card, restoring their original splendour.0.

Modern Methods for Analysing Archaeological and Historical Glass

Modern Methods for Analysing Archaeological and Historical Glass
Title Modern Methods for Analysing Archaeological and Historical Glass PDF eBook
Author Koen H. A. Janssens
Publisher John Wiley & Sons
Pages 762
Release 2013-03-18
Genre Science
ISBN 0470516143

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The first scientific volume to compile the modern analytical techniques for glass analysis, Modern Methods for Analysing Archaeological and Historical Glass presents an up-to-date description of the physico-chemical methods suitable for determining the composition of glass and for speciation of specific components. This unique resource presents members of Association Internationale pour l'Histoire du Verre, as well as university scholars, with a number of case studies where the effective use of one or more of these methods for elucidating a particular culturo-historical or historo-technical aspect of glass manufacturing technology is documented.

Luxury in Global Perspective

Luxury in Global Perspective
Title Luxury in Global Perspective PDF eBook
Author Karin Hofmeester
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 343
Release 2016-11-28
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1107108322

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Machine generated contents note: Luxury and global history Bernd-Stefan Grewe and Karin Hofmeester; 1. Precious things in motion: luxury and the circulation of jewels in Mughal India Kim Siebenhuner; 2. Diamonds as a global luxury commodity Karin Hofmeester; 3. Gold in twentieth-century India - a luxury? Bernd-Stefan Grewe; 4. Chinese porcelain local and global context: the imperial connection Anne Gerritsen; 5. Luxury or commodity? The success of Indian cotton cloth in the first global age Giorgio Riello; 6. The gendered luxury of wax prints in South Ghana: a local luxury good with global roots Silvia Ruschak; 7. From Venice to East Africa: history, uses and meanings of glass beads Karin Pallaver; 8. Imports and autarky: tortoiseshell in early modern Japan Martha Chaiklin; 9. Tickling and klicking the ivories - the metamorphosis of a global commodity in the nineteenth century Jonas Kranzer; 10. The conservation of luxury: safari hunting and the consumption of wildlife in twentieth-century East Africa Bernhard Gissibl; 11. Luxury as a global phenomenon: concluding remarks Bernd-Stefan Grewe and Karin Hofmeester

Traditional Jewelry of India

Traditional Jewelry of India
Title Traditional Jewelry of India PDF eBook
Author Oppi Untracht
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2008
Genre Jewelry
ISBN 9780500287491

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The triumphant result of more than 35 years of research, this sumptuous book is a comprehensive presentation of one of the greatest of the world's jewelry traditions. The stunning display of individual ornaments is supplemented by full documentation of hundreds of pieces. More than 5,000 years of the development of personal ornament are traced, as major themes, variations on basic forms, the use of gemstones, and cross-cultural influences are analysed and comprehensively illustrated. Alongside form and technique, the influences of myth and religion, social structure, economics and politics illuminate the context in which jewelry of exquisite beauty and great originality has been created.