Unique by design : contemporary jewelry in the Donna Schneier Collection

Resource Information

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Label

Unique by design : contemporary jewelry in the Donna Schneier Collection

Title remainder

contemporary jewelry in the Donna Schneier Collection

Statement of responsibility

Suzanne Ramljak

Creator

• Ramljak, Suzanne

Contributor

• Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Author

• Ramljak, Suzanne

Host institution

• Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Subject

• Jewelry -- Private collections -- New York (State) | New York -- Exhibitions
• Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) -- Exhibitions
• Schneier, Donna -- Art collections -- Exhibitions
• Jewelry -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions
• Jewelry -- History -- 21st century -- Exhibitions

Genre

• Exhibitions

Language

eng

Summary

"Studio jewelry dissolves the modern distinction between decorative and fine arts. The 60 pieces in this lively volume, collected by Donna Schneier and donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, were created primarily from the early 1960s to the present day and show a fluid engagement with various traditions in jewelry-making--from old masterworks to contemporary pieces--as well as various 20th-century art movements such as Conceptual art, Arte Povera, and Surrealism. Unique by Design draws attention to these dazzling small works of art, most of which have never before been published. Although these pieces incorporate a variety of materials, ranging from the precious to the ordinary, they share some common traits that reflect the collector's tastes: wit, elegance, fantasy, imagination, social observation, and technical virtuosity. Above all, these works were made to be worn and to create a dynamic engagement with a body." -- Publisher's website

Cataloging source

MZA

Dewey number

739.2709/0450747471

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

LC call number

NK7310

LC item number

.R36x 2014

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• bibliography
• catalogs