ART NOUVEAU JEWELRY

Jewelry was one of the purest, and most successful, expressions of ArtNouveau style, using sensuous organic forms to create a vast range ofobjects of exceptional beauty and inventiveness. Leading expert VivienneBecker provides an account of the movement that spread through Europe andthe United States, acquiring different decorative characteristics inEngland, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Russia and Spain. For the collector,comprehensive biographies on more than 300 designers are included, followedby a guide to identification, with over 200 makers' marks and signatures.Each part of the book is richly illustrated with plate sections of dramaticillustrations, from the sinuous elegance of the French masters - Vever,Lalique and Fouquet - to the linear, geometric designs of the Viennese -Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser.