Nubian Gold: Ancient Jewelry from Egypt and Sudan
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (533 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 9774167821 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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The book also explores the innovative techniques used to procure the precious materials used in the jewelry and to craft them into intricate ornaments replete with magical purpose and coded meaning. Although these unique treasures are among the most stunning to have survived from antiquity, they remain little known. Richly illustrated with beautiful photographs of these exquisite items, many of them never before published, Nubian Gold also places the jewelry within the cultural contexts in which it was manufa
Kaplan and Susan B. Kaplan Curator of Jewelry in the David and Roberta Logie Department of Textile and Fashion Arts, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Carlos Museum of Emory University. Her most recent books include Artful Adornments: Jewelry from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and The Jewels of AncientNubia<
He is co-editor of Ancient Nubia: African Kingdoms on the Nile (AUC Press, 2012).Yvonne J. Markowitz is the Rita J. About the AuthorPeter Lacovara is senior curator of ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern art at the Michael C. Kaplan Curator of Jewelry in the David and Roberta Logie Department of Textile and Fashion Arts, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Carlos Museum of Emory University. Kaplan and Susan B. Her most recent books include Artful Adornments: Jewelry from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston