- Gebundene Ausgabe: 232 Seiten
- Verlag: Harry N. Abrams (1. Oktober 2001)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0810944952
- ISBN-13: 978-0810944954
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 28,6 x 23,7 x 2,5 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 418.709 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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From Leonardo da Vinci's recipe for imitation pearls to the derring-do of deep-sea pearl divers, Pearls: A Natural History delves into virtually every aspect of the gemstones that have been prized since ancient times for their luster and purity. The fascination of this book--which accompanies an exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History in New York through April 14, 2002--is the way it effortlessly combines scientific, historical, cultural, and practical information. Key topics include different species of marine and freshwater mollusks, the history of perliculture and ecological issues affecting pearl production. The more than 200 photographs include reproductions of spectacular objects ranging from a 16th-century Russian icon of the Madonna and child encrusted in freshwater pearls to an early-20th-century brooch in which lozenge-shaped Mississippi River pearls create the opulent blossoms of a diamond-stemmed flower. Solid information, intriguing trivia, and inviting design give this book a broad appeal. --Cathy Curtis
From Booklist
In readiness for a major exhibition at New York City's American Museum of Natural History and Chicago's Field Museum, curator Landman and his colleagues chronicle everything you ever wanted to know about the pearl, beginning with the fact that not all are born in oysters or made of mother of pearl. Their book, festooned with a variety of photographs and illustrations from ancient and modern times, clearly achieves its mission of one-stop informational source--about history; cultivation; physical, chemical, and optical properties; harvesting; and saving. An invaluable reference for all kinds of information-gathering and curiosity-sating. Barbara Jacobs
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Pearls before swine...
8. Februar 2002
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
This truly is a history book, written in a very accessable style with lots of great photos and illustrations. If there's anything else to know about pearls then I suspect it might just about fill up the back of a postage stamp with room to spare. A great resource for amateurs and professionals alike; I thoroughly enjoyed it and it's well worth the money.
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contains everything you could want to know
22. März 2002
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
This is an excellent, well illustrated book with everything you could want to know about pearls - how they occur naturally, the biology of this, how they are induced artificially ( cultured pearls), how they are faked, the optics of their appearance and how they have shaped history and , of course, pearl jewellery.
The hard bits are explained without jargon, in intelligeable words but without losing detail.
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Most thorough history of pearls book written in a century
4. Juni 2009
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
This well written book explores society's interest in pearls, from their prehistoric use to the recent environmental impact on pearl producing invertebrates. Six of the eight chapters of the book are devoted to a thorough survey of how pearls are utilized by humans throughout history. The authors provide both primary and tertiary sources, including discussion of pearls documented by contemporary observers as far back as Cleopatra's time. Later chapters devoted to the science of pearl growth are written in a style accessible to the layman enthusiast. This is a book that can be mined for its scholarly information, but its popular interest to those who enjoy pearls for their decorative use should not be ignored. Illustrations include extant artifacts, artwork from throughout history, maps describing pearl growth and trade locations, and comparisons of the different pearl producing species. Taken as a whole, Pearls: A Natural History gives us the first definitive book on the history and science of pearls since The Book of the Pearl, by George Frederick Kunz, published in 1906.
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