Gold jewelry history
Article extraction: the human has long been fascinated by the beautiful gold and since earliest civilization gold is used to decorate our form of jewelry. Let us see how in gold jewelry has been applied in various parts of the world in the past five thousand years.
Humanity has long been fascinated by the beautiful gold and since earliest civilization gold is used to decorate our form of jewelry. Let us see how in gold jewelry has been applied in various parts of the world in the past five thousand years.
The Sumerian civilization, is located in the current Iraqi place known as the first system of written development. In with gold rings, necklaces earrings, bracelets and other metope adornment material in early 2500 BC.
Sumerian goldsmith using complex metal processing technologies, such as cold hammer blow, casting, welding technology, especially in decorating a fine – wire decorations (and). They also practiced “granulation” use minutes drops gold improve beautiful jewels.
Jewelry played an important role, Egyptian civilization use’s history can be traced back to 3000 BC. Tomb paintings of the late 15th century B.C. showed metalworker use pliers and a blowpipe to annealing gold. Famous of tutankhamun tomb or king tut contains a large number of pieces of fine gold jewelry of metal pin cloth embedded with precious stones. These jewels of Cairo and showed the national museum every day thousands of visitors breathtaking skill these early artisan and precious metals.
In the Mediterranean island of Crete, now part of Greece, gold jewelry also play an important role in early 2,400 BC. Non nikki is of Crete jewelry might have gotten their knowledge outside, still can from Asia and their gold jewelry processing of experts.
Crown, hair ornaments, beads, bracelets, and complex chain was found in Minoan grave Crete. Besides, people also think Asia technology introduced and granulation on around 2000 BC Crete.
In BC 1550 Minoan culture and its jewelry styles spread to Greece, then dominated the city-states Mycenea, situated in the southwest of the speed of 90 miles today in Athens.
Metal processing technology from Greece to spread outside, achieve Nordic as early as 1800 BC. There is also evidence that Celtic and early britons need to the eastern Mediterranean civilization at this time, exchanging products golden beads.
1200 B.C. the jewelry making prosper in central and Western Europe. Bronze and gold are used to produce jewelry and spiral is the most common decoration. Distortion of gold torcs in Britain and northern France from the 5th in the first century BC. Torcs, also spelling, Torq, rigid circulation neck rings or necklaces open, in the front. Huge small circle for neck and the characteristics of the princes of the arms were ornaments in the game against Celtic. The celtics also with enamel, enchase adornment jewelry.
In the 7th century BC etruscans central Italy also make gold jewellery. The etruscans perfected the difficult technology has a technology, this technology in metal surface is covered with little golden grain.
In Greece age in the hellenistic period of time, just after Alexander 323-30 BC) Greek jewellery has its various forms and fine workmanship. Natural wreath adversary, and various kinds of model — humans, animals, plants — is made the necklace and earrings.
This knot, Heracles – development in Greece, remained a popular theme to Roman times.
Colorful jewelry is an important characteristic of migration period (4 to 8 advertising) for centuries the collapse of the Roman empire. Mediterranean potter continue producing exquisite jewellery but mainly of European tribe periods. They produced abstract styles and working inlay enamel paint and stones. This is penannular period suborbicular, brooches Ireland and Scotland.
From 9 to the 13th century, technology, cloisonne enamel gold – has become very popular in Europe and near jewelry, with the best this today from Istanbul) Constantinople (Byzantine empire’s capital.
Gold jewelry in the middle ages and Renaissance
In the New Year advertising 962, just after the creation of the holy Roman empire (located in central Europe) have a fusion of Mediterranean and European civilization and the influence of jewelry.
The emperor and church customers as art. Jewelers was in court and the temple. In this era, jewelry design is based on set in gold of precious stones, and pearls in colorful patterns. Gem, use coarse, but in natural form, people thought is magic. For example, sapphire, chaste and spiritual symbol of peace, for the Pope ring.
Antique short, precious precious jewels and medieval early Christian interpretation. Until this era, Europe produced mainly in the royal jewels and theological seminar. However, to the 13th century system independent trade unions goldsmith was founded in European capitals.
Gothic jewelry reflects the chivalrous ethics aristocratic society, it’s symbol, frequent use of amatory inscriptions. Jewelry, and pattern had close relationships outside of clothing, often form breastpin and other fasteners such as strap.
This ring brooch, the most common jewelry in the 13th century, probably a love or engaged. A pendant would occasionally be used as a bone. Use earrings stop completely, because women wore elaborate headdresses gentry, concealed the ears. About 1300, France jewelers began to use translucent enamels in gold sculpture.