Vicenza, dicembre 2014 – dicembre 2016 Museo del Gioiello Basilica Palladiana

GIOIELLO & BELLEZZA

The first Jewellery Museum in Italy, 410 square metres inside the Palladian Basilica at VicenzaCurated and directed by Alba Cappellieri, Professor of Jewellery Design at the Polytechnic of Milan, the museum offers a scientific, learning experience. The top floor of the museum has a brand new layout with nine exhibition rooms, curated by international experts: Symbol, Magic, Function, Beauty, Art, Fashion, Design, Icons, Future.The Beauty Room contains only necklaces, “not distant from the heart”, and among them Percossi Papi amethyst necklace

Beauty becomes a way of understanding how the great Italian tradition is revisited each day by the talent of masters – new interpreters of an ancient “genius loci”
(Franco Cologni)