Gioiello & Jewellery 3: Museo del Gioiello di Vicenza

The Museo del Gioiello in Vicenza, Italy, is a unique museum dedicated to jewellery that hosts biennial exhibitions of exclusive jewels in the Basilica Palladiana. The third biennium exhibition features 310 priceless pieces curated by renowned experts, restoring the complexity of the jewel through multiple perspectives, including ancient dialogues with the contemporary and masterpieces of the past.

Format: Hardback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 27 March 2019
Publisher: Silvana

The Museo del Gioiello in Vicenza, the sole museum in Italy dedicated solely to jewelry, undergoes a renewal every two years, presenting unique and exclusive jewels in the captivating surroundings of the Basilica Palladiana. For the third biennium since its opening (on display until 2020), the museum showcases 310 invaluable pieces, meticulously curated by nine internationally renowned experts into nine thematic sections. This catalog compiles the contributions of the curators, who, rather than adhering to traditional museum criteria of chronological or stylistic categorization, delve into the intricate nature of jewelry through various perspectives. These perspectives juxtapose the ancient dialogues between the contemporary and the masterpieces of the past with those made with the technologies of the future, offering a fresh and multifaceted understanding of the jewel.

Weight: 848g
Dimension: 167 x 206 x 37 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9788836642205