Called "the Faberge of our time" by Diane von Furstenberg, Joel A. Rosenthal, who works in Paris under the name JAR, is one of the most acclaimed jewellery designers of the past thirty years. The New York Times has described his jewellery as "belligerent, stubborn, audacious, funny, contradictory," while JAR himself has characterised his work as "somewhere between geometry and a bouquet of flowers." This book, featuring nearly 70 pieces from throughout JAR's career, provides a concise, accessible retrospective of the best ...
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Called "the Faberge of our time" by Diane von Furstenberg, Joel A. Rosenthal, who works in Paris under the name JAR, is one of the most acclaimed jewellery designers of the past thirty years. The New York Times has described his jewellery as "belligerent, stubborn, audacious, funny, contradictory," while JAR himself has characterised his work as "somewhere between geometry and a bouquet of flowers." This book, featuring nearly 70 pieces from throughout JAR's career, provides a concise, accessible retrospective of the best of his jewellery creations, and is the only book of its kind on his work available in English.
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