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Goldas Jewellery continues to be the pioneer of Turkish jewellery sector with four different books that it has published on the history and culture of jewellery. Being a concrete indicator of the approach that considers jewellery as a "culture", these books fill a significant gap in jewellery sector with their rich contents and the knowledge they offer.
These books are all published in both English and Turkish, richly enhanced with photos, and can be found in Turkey's museums as well as the British Museum and Metropolitan Museum.
History of Jewellery
The story of Anatolian gold and silver mines from the Bronze Age to the Ottoman Period; the birth of jewellery making techniques.
Antique Jewellery of Anatolia
Introduces Anatolian culture and history to the world; examines the art of jewellery art together with the social conditions it was born into.
The Language of Symbols in Jewellery and Gemstones
Explores the symbolic meanings of jewellery and materials used from antiquity to today.
The Story of Ornamental Artefacts
(Two volumes) – Examines world history of jewellery, the developments of ornamental stone processing and jewellery; socio-economic structure and interactions that formed the culture and fashion of each period.
World History of Jewellery Making 2 – The Story of Jewellery
With the second volume of World History of Jewellery Making, Goldas Kultur Yayinlari continues to tell jewellery, which is the indispensable passion of humankind for thousands of years, and the long journey of the art of jewellery in time. The jewellery pieces that are used with religious and magical meanings with the purpose of ornamenting and expressing the statute in society were displayed in different forms throughout the history in the second volume of The Story of Jewellery written by archaeologist Altan Ture. Being shaped with a contribution from each culture, jewellery forms reached today with their most beautiful examples. The story of this common passion, which seems to continue as long as humankind exists, was explained in the “World History of Jewellery Making 2 – The Story of Jewellery” book that begins with the Migration of Nations and ends with the famous designers from the 20th century. Also mentioning political and social events of the period within the historical process and composing of 11 chapters, the book communicates the development of jewellery to the readers with examples and in a detailed manner.
