7000 Years of Jewellery

I love this book. I am into jewelry, for the art, design, and cultural history of it. So, this is a treat. I just browse through it and read about all the jewelry made over thousands of years. To me, this is the original sophisticated art. I know there were cave paintings etc, but those were pretty primitive. If you compare it to jewelry that has been made for thousands of years, I'm just in awe of the culture, design, skill, and beauty of all of it. Love having this around to read when I want to.

I just got this book and it is so gorgeous! The photos make me positively drool. A great reference book for those who have an interest in historical jewelry style origins, meaning, and materials. It's chock full of photos, both color and black and white. I'm a jewelry artist so I also have a tip for other beaders here: techniques are mentioned but not illustrated, so if you are looking for instructions to recreate these styles this book is not for you. Buy this book for the inspiration and get the tools and techniques from the how-to books. Enjoy :)

Beautiful book, with tons of eye candy and great inspiration for jewelers. Very good explanations and background on the pieces. One very interesting feature of this book is that there are several images of the portraits of the original owners wearing the jewelry pieces which reference current photographs of the actual piece as it is today. Big book, with lots of beautiful pictures and interesting text. Good description of the materials used to create the jewelry. Recommended.

Wonderful coverage of jewelry throughout history and from all over the world; it's much more than I expected for such a low price! The pieces selected show such artistry and workmanship, and are very well-photographed (eye candy!). This is an awesome book that I will continue to enjoy for years to come, and highly recommend to anyone who loves looking at different styles and designs of beautiful jewelry.

Very nice book. Very happy with the entire process and product.!!

This is a great book on jewellry through the ages and already I been inspired to try some designs, based on the ancient pieces presented here. One can only look in awe at the "acquisitions" made by the 19th century explorers and hope one day common sense will prevail so that some works can make their way back to where they should be. In the interim I think we should be happy that such wonderful items are in one place where they can be viewed at leisure.

Pictures are nice. But the descriptions are very dry and inconsistent.

As a newbie in jewlry appreciation world, this is a handy historical reference for shiny self-adornment

A beautiful book with the most stunning jewelry captured by a very skilled photographer with information on the pieces, time style, and so on. Great book!

Edición de muy buena calidad con muy buenas fotos. El texto lo estoy empezando a leer, pinta bien! Estudio joyería como hobbie y me parece un recurso muy interesante para consulta y para alucinar con lo que eran capaces de hacer hace siglos.

I studied Middle Eastern burials and this book went into Queen Pu abi treasures. I would have liked to have seen more examples of neolithic styles and early examples. But really liked the clear photos and it's a lovely book with good narrative.

Book is fantastic and covers areas that other books do not.

This book covers a wide range of regions, era and styles in a clear, digestible way. Pictures are high quality.