Comment l’intelligence artificielle disrupte l’analyse de pierres précieuses. Entre limites et opportunités

Andrea Machalova (modératrice), Laurent Cartier, Daniel Nyfeler et Laura Tocmacov Depuis quelques mois, on ne parle que d’elle: IA. Et pour cause, l’intelligence artificielle est sur le point de modifier en profondeur nos processus, les rendant plus rapides et autonomes. Quels risques et opportunités présente cette innovation pour le marché des pierres précieuses? Cette table …

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Indian jewellery culture: special focus on Polki-Kundan jewellery

Journalist, Richa Goyal Sikri explores the complex fabric of India’s love affair with jewels, it’s 5,000 year-old history, notable periods, differences within the Indian subcontinent, and how India has influenced jewellery styles beyond it’s shores. The second part of Richa’s presentation will de-mystify the ancient polki-kundan technique of jewellery craftsmanship involving the setting of wafer-thin …

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Bijoux, l’orfèvre et le peintre

Depuis la nuit des temps, l’homme voue aux gemmes une valeur symbolique représentative du pouvoir, de la protection, de l’expression des sentiments. Associées au bijou et au portrait, elles ont une signification qui va bien au-delà de l’art du paraître. L’orfèvre connaît le langage des pierres que le peintre décline de façon symbolique ou conventionnelle. …

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Sapphire, A Celebration of Colour

‘Sapphire’ will take you on a journey of the gem, from antiquity to the present day. We delve into the unexplained talismanic powers bestowed on sapphire during the Middle Ages while being treated with caution in other parts of the world. Sapphire was often the stone of choice for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, and …

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The Evolution of Jewellery

Katerina Perez will converse with Donatella Zappieri about the evolution of jewellery in terms of communication, design, sales and marketing within the last 10 years. We will also dwell on what the future of jewellery looks like.

Royal Magnificience. Florentine pietra dura mosaics: Jewellery, Objects of Vertu, Works of Art

This presentation explores the fantastic world of semi-precious stones and their use in pictorial mosaics, a rare and sophisticated art that exploits the natural chromatic qualities of hardstones to create what really is a painting in stone.In the Florentine late Renaissance, lapidaries at the Granducal court of the Medici family were fascinated by the infinite …

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