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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 1540530, member: 2844"]I think she is right.</p><p>The Beaux-Arts style started in France btw, and spread across Continental Western Europe before it jumped the Atlantic. Beaux-Arts jewellery was made here as well, but in this case I think a US origin is correct.</p><p>You don't see jewellery like this that often, btw.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Beaux-Arts style combines the strong 'confined' lines of the 19th century Historic Revival styles with the freedom and flamboyance of Art Nouveau.</p><p>In your bangle that strong simplicity is seen in the bold, thick shape of the bangle and the big rectangular stone, whereas the 'randomly' positioned dragon and winged snake are Art Nouveau elegance and freedom of movement.</p><p><br /></p><p>This detail of the Grand Palais in Paris shows the same concept, strong Classicist Revival architecture with flamboyant decoration. The figure's left hand leans on a pedestal as if she stepped off it just to defy Classicist rules.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Depictions_on_Museum_Wall_2.jpg/1280px-Depictions_on_Museum_Wall_2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 1540530, member: 2844"]I think she is right. The Beaux-Arts style started in France btw, and spread across Continental Western Europe before it jumped the Atlantic. Beaux-Arts jewellery was made here as well, but in this case I think a US origin is correct. You don't see jewellery like this that often, btw.;) The Beaux-Arts style combines the strong 'confined' lines of the 19th century Historic Revival styles with the freedom and flamboyance of Art Nouveau. In your bangle that strong simplicity is seen in the bold, thick shape of the bangle and the big rectangular stone, whereas the 'randomly' positioned dragon and winged snake are Art Nouveau elegance and freedom of movement. This detail of the Grand Palais in Paris shows the same concept, strong Classicist Revival architecture with flamboyant decoration. The figure's left hand leans on a pedestal as if she stepped off it just to defy Classicist rules. [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Depictions_on_Museum_Wall_2.jpg/1280px-Depictions_on_Museum_Wall_2.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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