<img width="640" height="601" src="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2016-34-1-700x657.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2016-34-1-700x657.jpg 700w, http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2016-34-1-300x282.jpg 300w, http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2016-34-1-170x160.jpg 170w, http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2016-34-1.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="27420" data-permalink="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/2017/12/05/lush-color-and-texture-bring-life-to-geometric-form/2016-34-1/" data-orig-file="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2016-34-1.jpg" data-orig-size="1024,961" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"Matt Flynn","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"This image may not be reproduced without authorization from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="2016-34-1" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2016-34-1-300x282.jpg" data-large-file="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2016-34-1-700x657.jpg" />Folded into an open rhombus, and richly adorned with pigment, this brooch boldly uses color (achieved with the application of cobalt blue pigment) and texture (achieved by stippling the gold) to enhance its form. One look at this brooch by Giampaolo Babetto provides evidence of the mastery of gold present in his work. Babetto’s pieces cleverly...
