IMPERISHABLE BEAUTY

Meandering, looping, flamboyant lines characterize our understanding of the style known as Art Nouveau. In Imperishable Beauty: ArtNouveau Jewelry that understanding is explored through the jewels of an American private collection. Art Nouveau emerged in France and Belgium to become an international style with local variations. Yvonne Markowitz presents an intelligent and thorough overview of the movement, locating its common themes in the art of the Pre-Raphaelites, the theory of John Ruskin, the Symbolist movement and the arts in Ja...[Llegir més]