{"product_id":"jewellery-in-the-age-of-simon-bliss-9781501326790","title":"Jewellery in the Age of Modernism 1918-1940: Adornment and Beyond","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy has jewellery and body adornment often been marginalized in studies of modernist art and design? This study explores the relationship between jewellery, modernism and modernity from the 'jazz age' to the second world war in order to challenge the view that these portable art forms have only a minor role to play in histories of modernism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the masterworks of the Parisian jewellery houses to the film and photography of Man Ray, this study seeks to present jewellery in a new light, where issues of representation and display are considered to be as important in the creation of a modern 'jewellery culture' as the objects themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on material from museums, archives, contemporary journals, memoirs, literary and theoretical texts, this study shows how the emergence of modern jewellery began to seriously question conventional notions of body adornment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon Bliss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501326791\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501326790\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Visual Arts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Simon Bliss","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46867068813567,"sku":"9781501326790","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_85ef1081-1dcd-450d-9f74-d5a0bfcbfad9.jpg?v=1747453807","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jewellery-in-the-age-of-simon-bliss-9781501326790","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}