Historical Booklet of the 12th Art

Book in PDF format, 109 pages

Authors:

Antoine Gamboni, Alain Knecht, Raymond Lacoste, Benjamin Osete, Robert Schmitz

Summary:

Some works are valued not only for what they are, but for what they represent.

The Historical Booklet of the 12th Art celebrates watchmaking, jewellery, high jewellery, and goldsmithing as exceptional expressions of human creativity, placing them in their highest dimension: that of an art form in their own right.

Rooted in history and shaped by transmission, mastery of gesture, innovation, and a profound culture of beauty, this booklet expresses a clear conviction: these remarkable disciplines belong not only to the worlds of heritage, luxury, and fine craftsmanship, but fully to the world of art.

Written for professionals, artisans, collectors, institutions, schools, and passionate admirers around the world, this booklet is at once a tribute, a statement, and a work of reference.

It also carries a defining ambition: to see the 12th Art attain full recognition within the classification of the arts, much as the 7th Art earned its rightful place in cultural history.

The 12th Art does not need to be invented.
It needs to be recognized.