Historical Trends in the Use of Materials in Jewelry

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of jewelry from the point of view of the use of material in the chronological framework of epochs and styles in order to identify preferences in the trends of material selection, some methods of its processing, partly the stylistic relationship of materials in one work. The epochs proposed for consideration are from primitive art to the general characteristics of the twentieth century.

The choice of epochs and territories is based on the bright stages in which the characteristic features of the style in jewelry, trends of change or the importance of preserving the use of the material began to manifest. The article also presents the characteristics of the main forms of jewelry of each era under consideration and the functional load of these products, which largely determined the material.

The socio-cultural justification of some phenomena in the creation of jewelry is also touched upon, but this study shows one of the angles in the study of jewelry, which implies further research of forms, technology development, and their interrelations in the object under study.

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