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Silver: Nature and Culture
Lindsay Shen
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Description for Silver: Nature and Culture
Paperback. This book features many glistening illustrations of silver in nature and art, jewellery, film, advertising and popular culture, this is a superb overview of a metal both precious and useful, with a rich and eventful history. Series: Earth. Num Pages: 240 pages, 100 illustrations, 60 in colour. BIC Classification: PDZ; WCR; WNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
From silver spoons to silver bullets, silver permeates our everyday culture and language. For millennia we've used it to buy what we need, adorn our bodies and trumpet our social status. Silver vanquishes our insecurities, as well as vampires, werewolves and our smelly socks. Once valued primarily for its beauty and rarity, silver is now also exploited for its chemistry; while it used to lubricate markets, bolster dowries and pay armies, now it permeates our electronics, textiles and medical devices. Silver was formed through the supernovas of stars, and its history continues to be marked by cataclysm. Through currency and ... Read more
From silver spoons to silver bullets, silver permeates our everyday culture and language. For millennia we've used it to buy what we need, adorn our bodies and trumpet our social status. Silver vanquishes our insecurities, as well as vampires, werewolves and our smelly socks. Once valued primarily for its beauty and rarity, silver is now also exploited for its chemistry; while it used to lubricate markets, bolster dowries and pay armies, now it permeates our electronics, textiles and medical devices. Silver was formed through the supernovas of stars, and its history continues to be marked by cataclysm. Through currency and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Earth
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780237565
SKU
V9781780237565
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Lindsay Shen
Lindsay Shen is Director of Art Collections at Chapman University, California. She is the author of Knowledge is Pleasure: Florence Ayscough in Shanghai (2012).
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