JEWELLERY IN CONTEXT - Marjan Unger Kartoniert (TB)

Jewellery in Context is the doctoral dissertation, edited by Theo Smeets in its first English translation, by the Dutch arthistorian and design critic Marjan Unger (1942-2018). In this work she initially endeavours to formulate a general definitionof jewellery. Yet above all she also analyses to what extent jewellery is associated, across the globe, with different, sometimes contrary issues: all human fears, but also desires, have, in a sense, materialised as objects of adornment, she [...] comprehensive approach aimed not least at developing a solid theoretical framework to aid the study of [ ...] the text can already be seen as an outright standard reference work, indispensable for all students of jewellery. However, experts, too, will discover new perspectives on the phenomenon of jewellery. / Jewellery in Context ist die von Theo Smeets erstmals in englischer Übersetzung herausgegebene Doktorarbeit der niederländischen Kunsthistorikerin und Designkritikerin Marjan Unger...