India, Jewels that Enchanted the World

Herausgeber: Balakrishnan, Usha

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Published to accompany a major exhibition at the State Museums of the Moscow Kremlin organised jointly with the Indo-Russian Jewellery Foundation, this lavishly illustrated catalogue brings together royal, ceremonial, and personal Indian jewels to showcase the entire range and variety of the jeweller's art in India.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: The World Diamond Museum
• Seitenzahl: 428
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 351mm x 268mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 3436g
• ISBN-13: 9780992840402
• ISBN-10: 0992840406
• Artikelnr.: 60781119

Autorenporträt

Dr. Usha R Balakrishnan is a jewelry history, curator and cultural capital consultant based in Mumbai. She is a highly regarded independent scholar of Indian art and culture and the pre-eminent historian of Indian jewelry. She is the Chief Curator of the World Diamond Museum

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction South India: South Indian Jewelry Traditions - Usha R.
Balakrishnan The Mughal Empire: The Mughals: Conquerors, Emperoros,
Connoisseurs - Usha R. Balakrishnan Precious Stones in Indian Jewelry:
Maharatnani: The Five Great Gems - Usha R. Balakrishnan The Princely State
of Hyderabad in the Deccan: Jewels of Hyderabad - Usha R. Balakrishnan
India and Europe: Interconnections in Jewelry Traditions: Jewelry: India
and the Western Imagination, 1550-2000 India of the Maharajas and the
French Art of Jewelry - Larisa Peshekhonova The Great Jewelers of Modern
India: The Gem Palace: The Genius of Munnu Kasliwal and Bhagat: Perfection
in Creation - Usha R. Balakrishnan