by Mauro Battocchi

Beginning this Saturday September 21st, pristine elegance in the form of jewelry will be on display at the De Young Museum as an exhibit entitled The Art of Bulgari: La Dolce Vita & Beyond, 1950 - 1990. Approximately 150 mesmerizing pieces from the famed Roman jewelry shop will grace the museum and offer lush insight into a pivotal period of Italian design. Get your tickets are here.

Bulgari is known for employing boldly-colored combinations of gemstones, use of heavy gold, and forms derived from Greco-Roman classicism, the Italian Renaissance, and the 19th-century Roman school of goldsmiths — a look that would come to be known as the "Italian school" of jewelry design. Pieces in the exhibition display the jeweler's eclectic creativity and invention during this period.

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Fonte: San Francisco, Italy