Art History of Jewelry

Art Nouveau: Astonishing Jewels – From School to Exhibition (3h)

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**Saturday sessions available: 22/7**

Discover the history and creations of a disruptively innovative artistic movement, which, at the dawn of the 20th century, forever changed the Jewelry Arts.

After two hours of discovery, the culmination of the course is a guided tour to the exhibition "A New Art. Metamorphoses of Jewelry, 1880 – 1914", taking place from June 2nd to September 30th 2023.

Among jewelry creations of the famous René Lalique, Fouquet, and many other lesser-known jewelers, you will decode the Art Nouveau style throughout the exhibition. The professors will help you appreciate the audacious innovations of these visionaries, while placing this movement in the context of an era of great transformations, the “Belle Époque”.

About the Course

Sensuality, femininity, softness of colors and curves, but also extraordinary creatures…Enter into the vision of the world particular to artist-jewelers of the beginning of the 20th century.

Art Nouveau marked a turning point in the history of art and of jewelry, by offering a radically different aesthetic. Only the historical, economic and social conditions of this very unique period could allow this unusual blossoming.

After two hours of course, the culmination of the course is a visit to the exhibition in Paris "A New Art. Metamorphoses of Jewelry, 1880 – 1914", from June 2nd 2023 to September 30th 2023.

We also offer a 4-hour version of this course, allowing you, through a more complete experience, to go further into the subject: "Art Nouveau: Astonishing Jewels - From School to Museum". This 4-hour course includes the knowledge covered in the course "Art Nouveau: Astonishing Jewels", as well as a visit of the Jewelry Gallery of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, whose collection of Art Nouveau Jewelry is one of the largest in the world.
It is therefore not recommended for the same person to take both courses.

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Maison Vever, Pendentif Sylvia, Paris, 1900

© MAD
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Cicada comb, c. 1903, Gaston Chopard, jeweler (1883 - 1942), Shell, enamel, enameled gold, fine pearls, Paris

© Musée des Arts décoratifs
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Brooch, circa 1900 Edward Colonna, draftsman, decorator (1862 - 1948) Art Nouveau Gallery, publisher Gold, pearl beads, Paris

© Musée des Arts Décoratifs
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René Lalique, Brooch with four dragonflies, circa 1903-1904

© Quimper Museum of Fine Arts
Samuel Bing, Le Japon artistique  documents d'art et d'industrie, Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, 1888

Samuel Bing, Le Japon artistique : documents d'art et d'industrie, Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, 1888

Samuel Bing, Le Japon artistique documents d'art et d'industrie, Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, 1888 (11)

Extracted from the book "Le Japon artistique documents d'art et d'industrie" by Samuel Bing, Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, 1888

Tsuba, made by Yoshihisa, Collection L'ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts, Photo Benjamin Chelly (3)

Tsuba, made by Yoshihisa, Collection L'ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts, Photo Benjamin Chelly

Samuel Bing, Le Japon artistique documents d'art et d'industrie, Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, 1888 (7)

Extracted from the book "Le Japon artistique documents d'art et d'industrie" by Samuel Bing, Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, 1888

Boucle de ceinture_Boutet de Monvel_Vers 1902_Collection L'École des Arts Joailliers. Photo Benjamin Chelly (2)

Belt Buckle, Boutet de Monvel, Circa 1902, School of Jewelry Arts Collection, Photo Benjamin Chelly

Henri Vever, La bijouterie française au XIXe siècle (1800-1900) Volume III, la Troisième République, 1906 (6)

Henri Vever, La bijouterie française au XIXe siècle (1800-1900) Volume III, la Troisième République, 1906

Sit back and relax

  • This course is conducted by two art historians
  • You are welcomed by your teachers before the class starts: a chance to meet each other and share experiences.
  • You don’t need to bring any specific material.
  • A certificate is given at the end of the class.
  • Participate in "A History of Jewelry, from Louis XIV to Art Deco", to deepen your knowledge of jewelry's evolution.
  • After each class, teachers deliver a list of books, podcasts, websites, museums related to the course attended.

Exhibition in Paris "A New Art. Metamorphoses of Jewelry, 1880 – 1914"

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Exhibition "A New Art. Metamorphoses of Jewelry, 1880 – 1914"

From June 2nd to September 30th, 2023, L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts will be staging a new exhibition illustrating the unique place occupied by jewelry at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, through a selection of almost 100 pieces from museum, patrimonial and private collections.

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