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Decoding the Jewels
Renaissance Jewellery in Scotland
2024 || Hardcover || Anna Groundwater || Sidestone Press
For the first time, National Museums Scotland’s important collection of Renaissance jewellery from Scotland is considered together in this fully illustrated volume alongside significant items from the Royal Collection. The book was inspired by the acquisition by NMS of the extraordinary Fettercairn Jewel: the fine iconography of this exquisitely enamelled locket held coded messages for its sixteenth century owners, and continues to intrigue its viewers today. Renaissance jewellery like this...
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The Story of Art
luxury Edition
2024 || Hardcover || Ernst H. Gombrich || Phaidon
Exquisite cloth-bound edition of the classic art-history text – the ideal gift for every art connoisseur and studentÂ
What is quality in art?
A meditaction based on European paintings from the 15th to the 18th centuries
2024 || Hardcover || Alejandro Vergara Sharp || Hannibal Books
– Antonio Muñoz Molina, El País
"This wonderful and wise book made me look at the artwork without intimidation or any confusion. It is a great pleasure to be guided by the experienced eye of Alejandro Vergara."
— Olga Tokarczuk, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Throughout history, human beings have excelled at creating art of the highest quality. Aristotle wrote that Homer “surpassed all others” while Pliny the Elder referred to “masterpieces that we never tire of admiring...
Silver of the Possessed
Jewellery in the Egyptian zār between 1900 – 1980
2024 || Hardcover || Sigrid van Roode || Sidestone Press Dissertations
In the 19th century an African possession cult called zār arrived in Egypt and became hugely popular. Jewellery formed an integral part of this cult, and silver pendants with images of spirits started to appear in the early 20th century. And there is more: zār also used beaded jewellery as well as a wide range of other jewels.
Currently, jewellery items with spirit images are sought-after collectors’ items, present in collections of both private collectors and museums. These collections a...