Author: RADICE, BARBARA
Title: Jewelry by Architects: From the Collection of Cleto Munari
Description: New York: Rizzoli, 1987. First English Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0847807983. Illustrated by Gennari, Roberto; Ballo, Aldo & Marirosa; Toscani, Oliviero. 119 pp. 179 illustrations, 107 in color. Text in English. Translated from the Italian first edition entitled Gioielli di architetti. "The modern jewelry featured in this unusual and handsome publication was commissioned by collector Cleto Munari from some of the most renowned post-modernist architects of our time. The imagery of their jewelry is a miniaturized architectural journey in itself." - dust jacket. Includes works by: Mario Bellini, Michele De Lucchi, Peter Eisenman, Michael Graves, Hans Hollein, Arata Isozaki, Richard Meier, Alessandro Mendini, Paolo Portoghesi, Peter eShire, Ettore Sottsass, Stanley Tigerman, Oscar Tusquets, Robert Venturi, Lella Vignelli, and Marco Zanini. Architect's stamp and date discreetly appear on page 118, otherwise book virtually as new. Light wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy of this dazzling compilation.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Architect-designed Jewelry - Themes - Motives, Jewelry - History - 20th Century - Themes, Cleto Munari - Art Collections, Jewelry - Private Collections - Italy, Architects - Interviews, Postmodernism - Influence, Mario Bellini, Michele De Lucchi, Peter E. Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

Keywords: 0847807983 Architect Designed 20th Architecture