 | Summaries and Customer Reviews are supplied by Amazon.com The most comprehensive and beautifully illustrated history of jewelry. The previous edition of this exhaustive survey was published to critical acclaim by the British Museum Press. Since publication, the museum has expanded its collection, with major acquisitions of pieces from Europe and Asia. The new edition includes a complete revision of the section on Europe after 1700, plus revisions to the sections on Celtic Europe, Roman Britain, cameos and finger rings. The book explores the varied styles, techniques and materials used to make jewelry in many civilizations throughout the world and across the millennia. Egyptian necklaces, Celtic torcs, South American gold masks, Renaissance pendants and Art Nouveau buckles are examples of the range of the masterpieces described and illustrated with 400 superb photographs. 7000 Years of Jewelry takes readers on an impressive tour that includes, among other times and places: - The Middle East: 5000-2000 BC
- Egypt: 1500-900 BC
- Phoenician, Greek, Etruscan and Persian Lands: 850-325 BC
- China, Celtic Europe, Mexico and Peru: 600 BC-AD 600
- The Mediterranean, India, Egypt, Roman Britain and Byzantium: 325 BC-AD 600
- Europe, China, Korea and Japan: 300-1000
- Mayan Central America: 600-1000
- Central and South America: 500-1500
- Europe, Islam, China, Korea and Java: 1000-1500
- China, India, Tibet and Mongolia: 1500-1850
- West Africa: 1500-1800
- Europe: 1500-1950.
More comprehensive than before, this reference remains the finest and most beautifully illustrated history of jewelry ever published. Average Customer Rating: 
Great Inspiration!
| Customer Rating: | Beautiful book, with tons of eye candy and great inspiration for jewelers. Very good explanations and background on the pieces.
One very interesting feature of this book is that there are several images of the portraits of the original owners wearing the jewelry pieces which reference current photographs of the actual piece as it is today.
Big book, with lots of beautiful pictures and interesting text. Good description of the materials used to create the jewelry.
Recommended. |
Beautiful book for all jewelry lovers
| Customer Rating:  | | An interesting history of jewelry with ab fab photos of pieces you wish you owned. Perfect gift idea for the gal who has it all. |
Great book.
| Customer Rating: | | If you were allowed to own only one book on the history of jewelry, this wouldn't be a bad option. Multiple high quality pictures on every page are accompanied by information about the pieces and how jewelry was made and used in the time and place. Pieces you may have seen before, but many that aren't in other books. More color pictures than black and white, and all are crisp and clear. |
Outstanding!
| Customer Rating: | | The best rapport cost/benefice. High-quality images, concise text, thorough presentation of the main aspects of jewelry history throughout the world! I recommend it for all professionals in the field, and for the lovers of history. |
Excellent resource for jewelry history.
| Customer Rating: | | This book presents a well-organized and well-illustrated history of thousands of years of jewelry. The textual information is packed full of interesting information and the photos have detailed captions that further enhances the amount of information presented here. As a jewelry designer, I find this to be a valuable addition to my library. |
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