Enduring Splendor
Thomas K. Seligman
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Enduring Splendor
by Thomas K. Seligman, Usha R. Balakrishnan
Published
May 17, 2017
Publisher
Fowler Museum at UCLA
Pages
136
ISBN-13
9780990762645
ISBN-10
0990762645
Description
Enduring Splendor focuses on the rich and diverse silver jewelry traditions of India's Thar Desert region, stretching across the western states of Rajasthan and Gujarat. These traditions are considered against the background of the five-thousand-year history of jewelry making across the vast Indian Subcontinent. Drawing on recent field research carried out in the city of Jaisalmer, a thriving center of contemporary jewelry production, Enduring Splendor explores for the first time the life and work of four sonis (silversmiths or goldsmiths). To contextualize this recent production, numerous illustrations of very fine examples of ninteenth- and twentieth-century jewelry types that are still worn are included. These objects have been borrowed from the Ronald and Maxine Linde Collection of Jewelry and Ritual Arts of India, part of a promised gift to UCLA, where it will find its future home with the Fowler Museum. The Linde Collection is one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of Indian jewelry in the world. This volume highlights elaborate rural styles rendered in silver as well as selected ornate examples, largely associated with the elite, made with gold and gemstones.00Exhibition: Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, USA (19.02.-18.06.2017).
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This edition of Enduring Splendor has approximately 136 pages. Please note, this is an estimate and the exact page count can vary between hardcover, paperback, and e-book versions.
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For most readers, Enduring Splendor typically takes between 2h 50m and 1h 53m to complete. This is based on the book's length of approximately 34,000 words and common reading speeds.
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Who is the author of Enduring Splendor?
Enduring Splendor was written by Thomas K. Seligman, Usha R. Balakrishnan.
When was Enduring Splendor published?
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