L’ÉCOLE’s Books
In line with its research projects and its mission to spread the culture of jewelry arts with a large audience, L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts regularly publishes books, in partnership with museums and publishing houses.
All publications
THE ART OF THE JEWELER, EXCELLENCE AND CRAFTSMANSHIP
This book is born from the realization that there aren’t any publications for the general public which present the crafts of jewelry. Even though these crafts bring together exceptional and prestigious expertise, they are still insufficiently known.
Beautifully illustrated with photographs from major jewelry houses, this book showcases the diversity, the demanding and technical nature, but also the beauty of the different gestures which are combined in order to achieve the most precious and daring creations. Thanks to the iconographic choices which highlight the work of craftsmen and their virtuosity, this book allows for the discovery of the crafts of jewelry and is an invitation to wonder.
Available for purchase through the L'ECOLE Japan official website.
Author: Guillaume Glorieux, Director of teaching and research at L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts
Editor: Gallimard (« Découvertes » Collection) / L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts
76 pages, over 120 illustrations
Available in Japanese
Price: 3,190 JPY
CAMEOS AND INTAGLIOS
Amply illustrated and documented, this work constitutes a true introductory text to glyptic art, thanks to its chronological approach to the history of engraved gems in the West. The author unveils a miniature world which has fascinated kings, emperors, collectors and admirers of art. With the subtle engraved effects, cameos (engraved in relief) and intaglios (engraved in recess) have come down to us mounted on jewels or on relics, following all the themes of the history of art: mythology, symbols, portraits, allegories, etc.
Available for purchase through the L'ECOLE Japan official website.
Author: Philippe Malgouyres, art historian and chief curator of the Department of Art Objects of the Musée du Louvre
Editor: Gallimard (« Découvertes » Collection) / L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts
Publishing date: December 2024
76 pages
Available in Japanese
Price: 3,190 JPY
THE MINERALOGY MUSEUM OF THE SCHOOL OF MINES OF PARIS
Since 2020, L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts has supported the development of the Mineralogy Museum of Mines Paris - PSL; it is within this framework that it has accompanied the publication of this book.
This book explores the incredible collection of nearly 100 000 minerals, rocks, meteorites and gems of the Mineralogy Museum of the École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, one of the world’s largest collections of mineralogy, created since 1783. It invites the reader to travel through geological times,
but also in the history of humanity and the complex relationships it
has with the priceless treasures that nature offers.
Available for purchase through the L'ECOLE Japan official website.
Author: Didier Nectoux, director of the Mineralogy Museum of Mines Paris - PSL and Eloïse Gaillou, curator of the Museum of Mineralogy, in charge of collections and exhibitions, research and teaching.
Editor: Gallimard (Collection Découvertes) / L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts
Publishing date: December 2024
76 pages, 100 illustrations
Available in Japanese
Price: 3,190 JPY