In tracing the history of gold through the ages, this beautiful book showcases the multifarious uses to which the precious metal has been put. Drawing on her own long experience investigating the art and science of metallurgy, Susan La Niece guides readers through the rich history of gold. In detailed images and descriptive text, her book shows us gold over the millennia as coinage, jewelry and ornamentation, high-status vessels, and grave goods; as gifts of distinction, and as radiant symbols in rituals of magic and worship. 
 Following a glimmering trail through distant times and places, Gold takes us to cultures as disparate as the Mughals of India, the Anglo-Saxons of Britain, and the pre-Hispanic civilizations of the New World. It considers the work of alchemists and goldsmiths, the myths and the legends, the fakes and fine art. And, in the end, it offers a fittingly lavish and deeply informed picture of gold in all its practical, figurative, commercial, artistic, and historical facets.

Gold

Arts & Photography

La-Niece, Susan

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Harvard University Press

Physical description: 128 p. : col. ill. ; 20cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-125) and index. Subjects: British Museum. Goldwork ; History. Art metalwork. Gilding.

Gold /anglais

Reference

BRITISH MUSEUM

Surface finishing is a major subject in the field of metals. The artistic and technical development of decorative or protective finishes has produced some distinctive classes of metalwork in different parts of the world. Metal Plating and Patination is the most important reference work to be published surveying the surface treatments used from the inception of metallurgy to the present day.

Metal Plating and Patination: Cultural, technical and historical developments

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Craddock, Paul

Antiques & Collectibles

Butterworth-Heinemann

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