Paris, pearl capital. Paris, City of Pearls.
Norma Editions, School of Jewelry Arts| N° d'inventaire | 31382 |
| Format | 22.7 x 28.5 |
| Détails | 224 p., hardcover publisher's cardboard |
| Publication | Paris, 2024 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782376660934 |
How, a century ago, did Paris manage to rise to the top of the global pearl trade? Why did this flourishing trade disappear? But above all, how is it that the memory of this golden age of pearls is now lost? Beyond elucidating the last mysteries linked to a biomineral whose antiquity of relations with humans is constantly pushed back, this book reveals how the pearl has inspired both jewelers and Parisian artists in the broadest sense. All seem to have been driven by the same "perlomania," regardless of their medium, from opera to cinema, including painting, photography, posters, and illustrated magazines, to the point of making the pearl one of the symbolic forms of the Roaring Twenties.
How, a century ago, did Paris manage to rise to the top of the global pearl trade? Why did this flourishing trade disappear? But above all, how is it that the memory of this golden age of pearls is now lost? Beyond elucidating the last mysteries linked to a biomineral whose antiquity of relations with humans is constantly pushed back, this book reveals how the pearl has inspired both jewelers and Parisian artists in the broadest sense. All seem to have been driven by the same "perlomania," regardless of their medium, from opera to cinema, including painting, photography, posters, and illustrated magazines, to the point of making the pearl one of the symbolic forms of the Roaring Twenties.