The Story of the Jewel in the Picture
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Book Introduction
Jewelry has always been with people throughout human history.
This book takes us on a journey through time, interpreting paintings through jewelry, from Leonardo da Vinci to Klimt.
Diamonds, rubies, sapphires, emeralds… Jewelry, made by polishing beautiful gems from nature and making them wearable by human hands, truly makes us realize that it is a work of art within a work of art.
The stuffed figures and jewelry in famous paintings tell countless stories through the turbulent times and passage of time.
Jewelry is not the exclusive domain of the privileged.
Everyone has their own 'jewelry identity', like their own fingerprint.
This becomes a valuable asset that shines as an individual's legacy.
It allows us to discover a new meaning for jewelry as an emotional yet high value-added industry that drives the global economy.
Through the paintings, you can appreciate not only the past of jewelry but also today's jewelry.
If we follow the artists who created masterpieces in chronological order, we will also hear the stories of luxury brands that have decorated a page of history, such as Cartier, Tiffany, Chaumet, Fabergé, and Boucheron, which are familiar to us.
In addition, you can also see photos of the jewelry of Queen Marie Antoinette, who was born 250 years ago, and the jewelry of Empress Eugenie of France, who was born 170 years ago, through auctions such as Sotheby's and Christie's.
It will be a jewel-like journey that will steal your attention.
This book takes us on a journey through time, interpreting paintings through jewelry, from Leonardo da Vinci to Klimt.
Diamonds, rubies, sapphires, emeralds… Jewelry, made by polishing beautiful gems from nature and making them wearable by human hands, truly makes us realize that it is a work of art within a work of art.
The stuffed figures and jewelry in famous paintings tell countless stories through the turbulent times and passage of time.
Jewelry is not the exclusive domain of the privileged.
Everyone has their own 'jewelry identity', like their own fingerprint.
This becomes a valuable asset that shines as an individual's legacy.
It allows us to discover a new meaning for jewelry as an emotional yet high value-added industry that drives the global economy.
Through the paintings, you can appreciate not only the past of jewelry but also today's jewelry.
If we follow the artists who created masterpieces in chronological order, we will also hear the stories of luxury brands that have decorated a page of history, such as Cartier, Tiffany, Chaumet, Fabergé, and Boucheron, which are familiar to us.
In addition, you can also see photos of the jewelry of Queen Marie Antoinette, who was born 250 years ago, and the jewelry of Empress Eugenie of France, who was born 170 years ago, through auctions such as Sotheby's and Christie's.
It will be a jewel-like journey that will steal your attention.
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index
Introduction ----- 004
1.
Jan van Eyck, Crown and 'Angel's Sapphire' ----- 011
(Jan van Eyck, c. 1395–1441)
The Ghent Altarpiece, a celestial space adorned with precious gems | Twelve gemstones, twelve birthstones | God's three-tiered tiara, scepter, and pin | The pin's point-cut diamond | Napoleon's three-tiered tiara adorned with a 414-carat emerald | The crowns of the Virgin and the angels | The sapphire brooch of the singing angel | The oldest surviving British crown | Before and after Jan van Eyck: gemstones that shine with hyperrealism
① Welcome to the jewelry store
② The Silla gold crown, which is a thousand years older than Jan van Eyck's crown
2.
The jet necklace from Leonardo da Vinci's "Lady with an Ermine" ----- 043
(Leonardo da Vinci, 1452–1519)
Leonardo da Vinci's name, "Péronnière" | The French Ironworker's Wife | The Ladies of the Milanese Prince and La Belle Péronnière | Péronnière, 15th vs. 19th Centuries | Jet Necklace of a Lady Holding an Ermine | The Requirements for Renaissance Beauty | Jet, a Gem Called Black Jade
③ There is no marriage without a wedding ring.
④ The bird couple with the diamond engagement ring
3.
Holbein and Anne Boleyn's B Initial Pendant ----- 061
(Hans Holbein, 1497–1543)
A Thousand Days' Scandal, Anne Boleyn, Queen for a Thousand Days | Holbein, Painter of the King | Portrait of Henry VIII by Holbein | Henry VIII's H-Initial Necklace | Anne Boleyn's Symbol, B-Initial Pendant | Henry VIII, Jewelry as the Language of Love | The Ruby Love of the Three Brothers and Henry VIII | Jewelry Book by Hans Holbein | Holbeinesque Jewelry
⑤ A woman wearing a sapphire ring without a single thread
4.
Princess Margarita's bodice decoration in Velazquez's work ----- 087
(Diego Velazquez, 1599–1660)
The Habsburgs, the most powerful royal families in Europe | Princess Margarita, a famous member of the Habsburgs | Velázquez, a master of the Spanish Golden Age | Baroque jewelry, characterized by its size and splendor | The main character of the work is me, me! Princess Margarita surrounded by her maids | Margarita style | The bodice decoration that took Europe by storm in the 17th century | What jewels graced the bodice decoration?
⑥ Give coral to Geumjogi…
⑦ A 7-year-old girl and her pet jewelry
5.
Vermeer's masterpiece, "Girl with a Pearl Earring" ----- 115
(Johannes Vermeer, 1632–1675)
The movie 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' | Vermeer, a Dutch master of light | The Mona Lisa of Northern Europe, Girl with a Pearl Earring | The Queen's Jewels, Cleopatra and Pearls | The Queen of Jewels, Princess Grace Kelly's Pearls | Pearls, Jewels Born from Life | Pearls in the 17th Century, Symbols of Wealth | Natural Pearls vs. Cultured Pearls | Vermeer, the Painter Who Loved Pearls | Lapis Lazuli, Blue Made from a Mineral More Expensive Than Gold | Vermeer and Lapis Lazuli
⑧ Memento Mori: Remember Your Death
6.
Castiglione's Description, Jade of the Qing Emperor Qianlong ----- 149
(Giuseppe Castiglione, 1688–1766)
Castiglione, Western painter in Chinese art history | Zhao Zhou, the Emperor and Empress's 108-bead necklace | Drawing the roots of the Manchu emperors | Qianlong hunting, the Qing emperor's archer ring | One thing 11 empresses and concubines have in common: three pairs of earrings | Portrait of Madame Hoja, jade jewelry and 18-bead decoration | Three jade bracelets of an ordinary woman | Jade, the ultimate gem for the Chinese
⑨ Jewelry is for men?
⑩ Men wearing pearl earrings
7.
Boucher and Madame de Pompadour Cameo Bracelet ----- 165
(Francois Boucher, 1703–1770)
Madame de Pompadour, the queen without a crown | François Boucher, the master of Rococo | Pompadour style in a 1756 portrait by Boucher | Cameo pearl bracelet gifted by Louis XV | Madame de Pompadour, the jeweler | The world's most romantic diamond, the marquise cut | The Pompadour ring, a classic of high jewelry | Princess Diana's sapphire engagement ring | Louis XV's Order of the Golden Fleece | The 67-carat French Blue from India | The cursed Hope Diamond | Cartier and MacLean, the last owner of the Hope Diamond | Salon de Pompadour in the Elysee Palace
⑪ Cartier Diamonds and the Romance of the Century
8.
Vigée Le Brun, Marie Antoinette, and the 2,800-carat diamond necklace ----- 209
(Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun, 1755–1842)
Vigée Le Brun, the queen's painter who broke the glass ceiling | Marie Antoinette and pearls | The pride of the French absolute monarchy | The Girandole, the Chatelaine, and the Festoon necklaces | Marie Antoinette and the four great diamonds of Europe | A tangled relationship | From a cup of chocolate to a diamond | The diamond necklace fraud that sparked the revolution | Marie Antoinette's jewelry collection to be auctioned off at Sotheby's 225 years later | Love, affection, longing... Sentimental jewelry | Up for auction
The Queen's Rings: 3 Pieces | Marie Antoinette was a Woman of Extravagance
⑫ Breakfast at Tiffany's… Tiffany Diamond
9.
The Samcheonju Norigae in "Portrait of a Beauty" by Shin Yun-bok ----- 253
(1758~unknown)
Shin Yun-bok, a heretic in Joseon Dynasty painting of women | Portrait of a Beauty, Joseon's Mona Lisa | Rococo and Joseon women's fashion as seen through Portrait of a Beauty | The three-beaded norigae, a three-beaded norigae worn by a beautiful woman | The three-beaded norigae, worth the price of a Joseon Dynasty house
⑬ The world's largest gemstone, the Cullinan Diamond
10.
Colored Gems and Emeralds in the Napoleonic Era by Ingres ----- 267
(Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, 1780–1867)
Ingres, a painter born for his time | Ingres's paintings of upper-class women, the pinnacle of extravagance | Portrait of Madame Rivière, mother and daughter's drop earrings | Madame Moitessier's bracelet and brooch with colored gemstones | Portrait of Princess Broglie, the Bullat necklace | The emeralds of Empresses Josephine and Marie Louise
⑭ The Russian Imperial Treasure, the 'Fabergé Egg'
11.
Empress Elizabeth's 'Sisi Diamond Star', left by Winterhalter ----- 293
(Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1805–1873)
The "Winterhalter" Effect, the No. 1 Pick of European Royalty | Queen Victoria's Love and Jewelry | A Pure White Wedding Dress | Turkish Diamonds, Sapphire Brooches, and Sapphire Coronet | Victorian Morning Jewelry | The Fate of Portraits That Diverged from Photographs | Empress Eugenie of France and Napoleon III | The Emperor's Gift: A Pearl Jewelry Set | A Tiara of 212 Pearls and Diamonds | The Eagle Crown | An Unusual Love for Pearls | The Fall of an Empire and the Strange Fate of French Royal Jewels | The Pink Beauty and Gray Life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria | Empress Elisabeth and the "Sissi Diamond Star" | The Undying Star, the "Sissi Star"
⑮ The first jeweler of Place Vendôme, 'Boucheron'
12.
Klimt and the 'Austrian Mona Lisa' Diamond Choker ----- 335
(Gustav Klimt, 1862–1918)
Mysterious Metals, Gold and Klimt | Rediscovering the Mystery of Gold | Pallas Athena, the Goddess's Golden Helmet and Golden Spear | Judith I, the Enchanted Woman with a Golden Choker | Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, the Golden Woman | Austria's Mona Lisa and Her Diamond Choker | Portrait of Madame Fritja Riedler and her Diamond Choker | A Lady's Must-Have: Queen Alexandra's Choker | The Enchanting Kiss, Who Was the One? | Chanel of Vienna, Fashion Designer Emilie Flöge | New Jewelry from the Vienna Ateliers
16 Diamonds are Forever vs. Nothing is Forever
New possibilities for 17-lap grown diamonds
References ----- 365
Concluding remarks ----- 367
1.
Jan van Eyck, Crown and 'Angel's Sapphire' ----- 011
(Jan van Eyck, c. 1395–1441)
The Ghent Altarpiece, a celestial space adorned with precious gems | Twelve gemstones, twelve birthstones | God's three-tiered tiara, scepter, and pin | The pin's point-cut diamond | Napoleon's three-tiered tiara adorned with a 414-carat emerald | The crowns of the Virgin and the angels | The sapphire brooch of the singing angel | The oldest surviving British crown | Before and after Jan van Eyck: gemstones that shine with hyperrealism
① Welcome to the jewelry store
② The Silla gold crown, which is a thousand years older than Jan van Eyck's crown
2.
The jet necklace from Leonardo da Vinci's "Lady with an Ermine" ----- 043
(Leonardo da Vinci, 1452–1519)
Leonardo da Vinci's name, "Péronnière" | The French Ironworker's Wife | The Ladies of the Milanese Prince and La Belle Péronnière | Péronnière, 15th vs. 19th Centuries | Jet Necklace of a Lady Holding an Ermine | The Requirements for Renaissance Beauty | Jet, a Gem Called Black Jade
③ There is no marriage without a wedding ring.
④ The bird couple with the diamond engagement ring
3.
Holbein and Anne Boleyn's B Initial Pendant ----- 061
(Hans Holbein, 1497–1543)
A Thousand Days' Scandal, Anne Boleyn, Queen for a Thousand Days | Holbein, Painter of the King | Portrait of Henry VIII by Holbein | Henry VIII's H-Initial Necklace | Anne Boleyn's Symbol, B-Initial Pendant | Henry VIII, Jewelry as the Language of Love | The Ruby Love of the Three Brothers and Henry VIII | Jewelry Book by Hans Holbein | Holbeinesque Jewelry
⑤ A woman wearing a sapphire ring without a single thread
4.
Princess Margarita's bodice decoration in Velazquez's work ----- 087
(Diego Velazquez, 1599–1660)
The Habsburgs, the most powerful royal families in Europe | Princess Margarita, a famous member of the Habsburgs | Velázquez, a master of the Spanish Golden Age | Baroque jewelry, characterized by its size and splendor | The main character of the work is me, me! Princess Margarita surrounded by her maids | Margarita style | The bodice decoration that took Europe by storm in the 17th century | What jewels graced the bodice decoration?
⑥ Give coral to Geumjogi…
⑦ A 7-year-old girl and her pet jewelry
5.
Vermeer's masterpiece, "Girl with a Pearl Earring" ----- 115
(Johannes Vermeer, 1632–1675)
The movie 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' | Vermeer, a Dutch master of light | The Mona Lisa of Northern Europe, Girl with a Pearl Earring | The Queen's Jewels, Cleopatra and Pearls | The Queen of Jewels, Princess Grace Kelly's Pearls | Pearls, Jewels Born from Life | Pearls in the 17th Century, Symbols of Wealth | Natural Pearls vs. Cultured Pearls | Vermeer, the Painter Who Loved Pearls | Lapis Lazuli, Blue Made from a Mineral More Expensive Than Gold | Vermeer and Lapis Lazuli
⑧ Memento Mori: Remember Your Death
6.
Castiglione's Description, Jade of the Qing Emperor Qianlong ----- 149
(Giuseppe Castiglione, 1688–1766)
Castiglione, Western painter in Chinese art history | Zhao Zhou, the Emperor and Empress's 108-bead necklace | Drawing the roots of the Manchu emperors | Qianlong hunting, the Qing emperor's archer ring | One thing 11 empresses and concubines have in common: three pairs of earrings | Portrait of Madame Hoja, jade jewelry and 18-bead decoration | Three jade bracelets of an ordinary woman | Jade, the ultimate gem for the Chinese
⑨ Jewelry is for men?
⑩ Men wearing pearl earrings
7.
Boucher and Madame de Pompadour Cameo Bracelet ----- 165
(Francois Boucher, 1703–1770)
Madame de Pompadour, the queen without a crown | François Boucher, the master of Rococo | Pompadour style in a 1756 portrait by Boucher | Cameo pearl bracelet gifted by Louis XV | Madame de Pompadour, the jeweler | The world's most romantic diamond, the marquise cut | The Pompadour ring, a classic of high jewelry | Princess Diana's sapphire engagement ring | Louis XV's Order of the Golden Fleece | The 67-carat French Blue from India | The cursed Hope Diamond | Cartier and MacLean, the last owner of the Hope Diamond | Salon de Pompadour in the Elysee Palace
⑪ Cartier Diamonds and the Romance of the Century
8.
Vigée Le Brun, Marie Antoinette, and the 2,800-carat diamond necklace ----- 209
(Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun, 1755–1842)
Vigée Le Brun, the queen's painter who broke the glass ceiling | Marie Antoinette and pearls | The pride of the French absolute monarchy | The Girandole, the Chatelaine, and the Festoon necklaces | Marie Antoinette and the four great diamonds of Europe | A tangled relationship | From a cup of chocolate to a diamond | The diamond necklace fraud that sparked the revolution | Marie Antoinette's jewelry collection to be auctioned off at Sotheby's 225 years later | Love, affection, longing... Sentimental jewelry | Up for auction
The Queen's Rings: 3 Pieces | Marie Antoinette was a Woman of Extravagance
⑫ Breakfast at Tiffany's… Tiffany Diamond
9.
The Samcheonju Norigae in "Portrait of a Beauty" by Shin Yun-bok ----- 253
(1758~unknown)
Shin Yun-bok, a heretic in Joseon Dynasty painting of women | Portrait of a Beauty, Joseon's Mona Lisa | Rococo and Joseon women's fashion as seen through Portrait of a Beauty | The three-beaded norigae, a three-beaded norigae worn by a beautiful woman | The three-beaded norigae, worth the price of a Joseon Dynasty house
⑬ The world's largest gemstone, the Cullinan Diamond
10.
Colored Gems and Emeralds in the Napoleonic Era by Ingres ----- 267
(Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, 1780–1867)
Ingres, a painter born for his time | Ingres's paintings of upper-class women, the pinnacle of extravagance | Portrait of Madame Rivière, mother and daughter's drop earrings | Madame Moitessier's bracelet and brooch with colored gemstones | Portrait of Princess Broglie, the Bullat necklace | The emeralds of Empresses Josephine and Marie Louise
⑭ The Russian Imperial Treasure, the 'Fabergé Egg'
11.
Empress Elizabeth's 'Sisi Diamond Star', left by Winterhalter ----- 293
(Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1805–1873)
The "Winterhalter" Effect, the No. 1 Pick of European Royalty | Queen Victoria's Love and Jewelry | A Pure White Wedding Dress | Turkish Diamonds, Sapphire Brooches, and Sapphire Coronet | Victorian Morning Jewelry | The Fate of Portraits That Diverged from Photographs | Empress Eugenie of France and Napoleon III | The Emperor's Gift: A Pearl Jewelry Set | A Tiara of 212 Pearls and Diamonds | The Eagle Crown | An Unusual Love for Pearls | The Fall of an Empire and the Strange Fate of French Royal Jewels | The Pink Beauty and Gray Life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria | Empress Elisabeth and the "Sissi Diamond Star" | The Undying Star, the "Sissi Star"
⑮ The first jeweler of Place Vendôme, 'Boucheron'
12.
Klimt and the 'Austrian Mona Lisa' Diamond Choker ----- 335
(Gustav Klimt, 1862–1918)
Mysterious Metals, Gold and Klimt | Rediscovering the Mystery of Gold | Pallas Athena, the Goddess's Golden Helmet and Golden Spear | Judith I, the Enchanted Woman with a Golden Choker | Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, the Golden Woman | Austria's Mona Lisa and Her Diamond Choker | Portrait of Madame Fritja Riedler and her Diamond Choker | A Lady's Must-Have: Queen Alexandra's Choker | The Enchanting Kiss, Who Was the One? | Chanel of Vienna, Fashion Designer Emilie Flöge | New Jewelry from the Vienna Ateliers
16 Diamonds are Forever vs. Nothing is Forever
New possibilities for 17-lap grown diamonds
References ----- 365
Concluding remarks ----- 367
Publisher's Review
A dazzling story of jewels floating above the frame!
The hidden history and value of jewelry in famous paintings,
With the guidance of jewelry columnist Min Eun-mi,
Unlock a treasure chest of timeless, generational gems.
1.
Renaissance Era: The Age of Crowns had its modern initial pendants.
- Sapphire brooch of a crown and angel from the Ghent Altarpiece
- God's three-tiered crown and Napoleon's three-tiered crown
- Leonardo da Vinci's Ferronière
- Henry VIII's Love of Rubies and Holbein-style Jewelry
2.
Baroque: Northern Europe's Mona Lisa, "Girl with a Pearl Earring"
- A series of portraits of Princess Margaret of Habsburg
- Bodice decoration that took Europe by storm
- Pearl is the queen of jewels and the queen's jewel.
- Vermeer, the painter who loved ultramarine
3.
Qing Dynasty China: The Beauty of Jade
- A necklace of a Qing emperor painted by Castiglione, a Western painter in the history of Chinese art
- Jewelry and jade bracelets worn by women during the Qing Dynasty
4.
The Rococo period: a synonym for extravagance
- Madame de Pompadour, a Rococo style icon
- The birth of the romantic diamond, the marquise cut
- The Cursed Jewel, the 45-carat Hope Diamond
- The Rose of Versailles, Marie Antoinette and Pearl Jewelry
5.
Joseon Dynasty: World-class beauty
- The three-color norigae and the ornate three-piece norigae in 'Portrait of a Beauty by Shin Yun-bok'
6.
19th-early 20th century: colored gemstones and Sisi diamond stars
- Jewelry of Empress Josephine, Empress Marie Louise, Queen Victoria of England, Empress Eugenie of France, and Empress Elisabeth of Austria
- Chokers, a must-have item for the golden Klimt woman and upper-class ladies
- Chanel in Vienna, Emilie Flöge and the new jewelry from the Vienna workshop
The hidden history and value of jewelry in famous paintings,
With the guidance of jewelry columnist Min Eun-mi,
Unlock a treasure chest of timeless, generational gems.
1.
Renaissance Era: The Age of Crowns had its modern initial pendants.
- Sapphire brooch of a crown and angel from the Ghent Altarpiece
- God's three-tiered crown and Napoleon's three-tiered crown
- Leonardo da Vinci's Ferronière
- Henry VIII's Love of Rubies and Holbein-style Jewelry
2.
Baroque: Northern Europe's Mona Lisa, "Girl with a Pearl Earring"
- A series of portraits of Princess Margaret of Habsburg
- Bodice decoration that took Europe by storm
- Pearl is the queen of jewels and the queen's jewel.
- Vermeer, the painter who loved ultramarine
3.
Qing Dynasty China: The Beauty of Jade
- A necklace of a Qing emperor painted by Castiglione, a Western painter in the history of Chinese art
- Jewelry and jade bracelets worn by women during the Qing Dynasty
4.
The Rococo period: a synonym for extravagance
- Madame de Pompadour, a Rococo style icon
- The birth of the romantic diamond, the marquise cut
- The Cursed Jewel, the 45-carat Hope Diamond
- The Rose of Versailles, Marie Antoinette and Pearl Jewelry
5.
Joseon Dynasty: World-class beauty
- The three-color norigae and the ornate three-piece norigae in 'Portrait of a Beauty by Shin Yun-bok'
6.
19th-early 20th century: colored gemstones and Sisi diamond stars
- Jewelry of Empress Josephine, Empress Marie Louise, Queen Victoria of England, Empress Eugenie of France, and Empress Elisabeth of Austria
- Chokers, a must-have item for the golden Klimt woman and upper-class ladies
- Chanel in Vienna, Emilie Flöge and the new jewelry from the Vienna workshop
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: May 30, 2024
- Page count, weight, size: 368 pages | 652g | 152*220*20mm
- ISBN13: 9791192924137
- ISBN10: 1192924134
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