Men's Rings (e-book) (used book) | Yves Gastou | bookbook.eu

Description

Over one thousand rings from Yves Gastou's personal collection
are beautifully displayed and photographed in this sumptuous
book. Gastou deals in 20th century decorative arts from his Parisian gallery, but perhaps his most passionate undertaking is in
building his collection of Men's rings.
His collection is as diverse as it is large; from ancient Egyptian
examples to gothic masterpieces, and religious examples to
memento mori, bikers' rings to an entire chapter devoted to curiosities, Gastou has built an all-encompassing treasury. In silver
or gold, set with jewels or skulls, sober or extravagant, ritual or
rebellious, these pieces bear the imprint of a taste, that of the
insatiable gallerist freely appropriating the different periods, it
seems unlikely that another assemblage will ever rival Yves Gastou's fabulous collection.