| Stardust: The Work and Life of Jeweler Extraordinaire Frédéric Zaavy Contributor(s): Hertzog, Gilles (Author), Taylor, John (Author), Dubler, Dianne (Author) |
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ISBN: 8833671038 ISBN-13: 9788833671031 Publisher: Officina Libraria OUR PRICE: $76.50 Product Type: Hardcover Language: Chinese Published: December 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Design | Jewelry - Art | Individual Artists - Monographs - Design | Fashion & Accessories |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 10" W x 12.2" (4.45 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: - The first monograph dedicated to jeweler extraordinaire Fr d ric Zaavy- Gorgeous photography of his most beautiful jewelsFr d ric Zaavy's brilliant career as a master jeweler shone like a meteor but flamed out far too soon. Zaavy considered himself heir to the legacy of Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, gem dealer to Louis XIV, and was chosen as the exclusive jeweler for the 21st century revival of Faberg . Zaavy's artistic genius lay in painting with precious stones and in engineering remarkable settings to hold those stones almost invisibly. His works achieved a pre minence in the thousand-year evolution of French jewelry. The influences on his life and work were myriad. Nature, quantum physics, art, music, spirituality, poetry, literature, and even science fiction all shaped his extraordinary world view and taste. He was a philosopher jeweler. Stardust encapsulates the last year of his life, from the moment he learned he would soon die, right through to the end, with his life still at full throttle.With a text by acclaimed French philosophical writer Gilles Hertzog and a stunning visual narrative by celebrated photographers John Bigelow Taylor and Dianne Dubler, Zaavy's work and life are presented in a portrait of what was and of what might have been.Text in English and Simplified Chinese. |