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Exhibition Jewelry: The Body Transformation in The Met, New York
Left: silver necklace, Elsa Peretti, 1973. Left: gold sandals, reign of Thutmose III (ca. 1479–1425 B.C.), Egypt.
Photo © The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Left: silver necklace, Elsa Peretti, 1973. Left: gold sandals, reign of Thutmose III (ca. 1479–1425 B.C.), Egypt.
Photo © The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gold pendant (Marangga), early 20th century, Indonesia. Photo © The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Left: gold necklace, René-Jules Lalique, 1897-99, French. Left: gold earrings, ca. 330–300 B.C., Greek.
Photo © The Metropolitan Museum of Art
What is jewelry? Why do we wear it? What meanings does it carry? Traversing time and space, this exhibition explores how jewelry acts upon and activates the body it adorns. This exhibition of one of the most personal and universal of art forms brings together some 230 objects. A dazzling array of headdresses and ear ornaments, brooches and belts, necklaces and rings will be shown along with sculptures, paintings, prints, and photographs.
Jewelry: The Body Transformation will run from November 12, 2018 to February 24, 2019 at New York.
Adress: The Met Fifth Avenue, 1000 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10028
