Bedazzled: 5000 Years of Jewelry--The Walters Art Museum

By Sabine Albersmeier

This brand new and exquisitely illustrated book introduces one of the great collections of jewellery, with examples of 50 key items of jewellery dating from the 1st century BC to the turn of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1904832164
• ISBN13: 9781904832164
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Giles
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.0" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Beadazzled

This was more than I expected. I expected photos of museum-quality pieces of jewelry, but I did not expect a book that I would peruse over and over and over! The photos are sublime, and the inspiration I have derived from this book is priceless! I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is a jewelry lover, a gem enthusiast or - like me - a jewelry designer! I am eternally grateful for my dear friend who bought this for me as a gift...who says people don't check your "wish list"?!?

Inspirational Little Treasure

This is the kind of book you need when looking for inspiration. The pictures are big, crisp, and splendid. Each one contains detailed information about the size, material, and date of the piece. The variety of the pieces shows the true passion of the musseum owner for jewelry.

Add this to your library

This is a nice little book, and by little I mean 7 inches on a side square. At 64 pages it holds a lot of high quality images with full page shots and many closeups. The text is informative without being pompous and overly wordy like many historical jewelery books written by endlessly blabbery art historians trying to flex their hyper inflated vocabularies and fill their quota of space. There is even a short glossary at the end with many useful terms for the novice jewelry historian. Despite it's demure appearance this delightful book fulfills it's promise of an informative and detailed review of some of the highlights of the Walters Collection. Buy this book for your library and you probably have a friend who would like it too, so maybe buy another for them.

Wonderful collection

Bedazzled is a small book with high quality photos of distinct and beautiful pieces of jewellery held by the Walters Art Museum that covers prominent periods of jewellery design. I was very impressed as I have not seen these pieces in any other books on jewellery history. It is a gem don't be deceived by the size as it is well worth owning.