Listen to jewelry tell us the history of Europe (below)

Time flows, history changes. Jewelry, but kept its original appearance, quietly stay there, as if history left beautiful traces. Listen, listen to them tell how Europe ups and downs of the historical era.

This issue of Zili Jun with you from the Victorian jewelry feast, switch to the same period with the late Victorian Napoleon III, a country that also left a lot of beautiful treasures ---- France, to continue this brilliant jewelry tour.

Timeline Guide Map

# European Historical Period YEAR

On? Sumerian Period 3500-3200 BC

Up? Ancient Egyptian Period 3500-52 BCE

Up? Ancient Greek period 800 BC-146 BC

On? Ancient Roman period from 750 BC

On? Byzantine period 395 AD-1453 AD

On? Medieval period 12th century - 15th century AD

On? Renaissance 14th century - 17th century AD

Middle? Stable Peace Period 18th-19th centuries AD

Medium? Romantic Period 1837-1901 AD (Victorian Period)

Medium? Period of Luxury 1837-1901 AD (Victorian period)

Medium? Aesthetic Arts Period 1837-1901 AD (Victorian period)

19th Century to present 02 Napoleon III Period

Naponeon3 1851-1870 AD

19th Century to present 03 Belle époque

Belle époque 1871-1914 AD to First War ends

19th century to present 04 Art Nouveau period

Art Nouveau late 19th and early 20th century A.D.

19th century to present 05 Edwardian period 1900-1910 A.D.

19th century to present 06 Art Deco period

Art Deco A.D. 1920-1940

19th Century to Present 07 Post-War Retro Period

RETRO 1940-1960 AD

19th Century to Present 08 Modern Period

Modern 1950-1990 AD

OK, LETS GET STARTED! p>

The counterpart to the late Victorian period in England was the Napoleon III period in France. The biggest jewelry collectors of the time were the French royal family, and Empress Eugénie was a big fan of the jewelry.

Imperial jewelry was designed with a sense of balance and symmetry, frequent use of large gemstones, and excellence in workmanship to highlight the empire's affluence.

With the expansion of the empire, the art covered also more multicultural, such as naturalism, Greek style, Egyptian style, Etruscan style, Assyrian style, Indian style, gypsy style, etc., in the jewelry of this period are clearly reflected.

Speaking of Napoleon III period of jewelry, we have to focus on leading the development of jewelry at the time of the key figure ---- Empress Eugenie, she and Princess Sissi of Austria at the time and known as Europe's two great beauties, is the leader of the upper class fashion trends, she has a brilliant life and countless dazzling world of jewelry is the eternal topic of the descendants of the people to talk about.

Queen Eugenie's pursuit of jewelry can be said to have reached the ultimate, look at the following picture, which is just the tip of the iceberg in the Queen's jewelry box:

Her precious jewelry is countless, and here can not be set up so many pictures.

She's got a lot of precious jewelry, and there's just too much to show here.

This luxurious diamond brooch is a testament to the level of craftsmanship at the time.

The ruby crown above is the Queen's simpler jewelry.

The Colombian emerald is so large, and the key color is so rich, it's really beautiful to my eyes. This crown can be regarded as the world's most expensive headdress, but also the world's third most expensive crown. 2011 Sotheby's auction price in Geneva is more than 80 million RMB.

Belle époque can be described as a period of European social history "golden period", the people to enjoy unprecedented stability and prosperity, but also keen to create all the beautiful jewelry. The people enjoyed unprecedented stability and prosperity, and were eager to create all the beautiful things.

The Belle époque is a word full of memories. The French, after the Revolution, broke up the old world, overthrew the royal family, and suddenly became nostalgic. In fact, the revolution wasn't so good, and the royal family wasn't so bad. Craftsmen of that period began to follow the ancient complicated crafts, and the ancient style of the Renaissance, to produce a large number of imitation 16th and 17th century French royal splendor period of jewelry, furniture, architecture, crafts, they remembered the past glory of the empire in the works.

The jewelry of that period was magnificent and complex, the court atmosphere was strong, it was popular to use 70% gold and 30% silver mixed production of jewelry, silver oxidation over the years, the formation of the black luster of the years, and now because of the scarcity of stock, high auction prices, is very characteristic of the times of the collection.

In the 1880s, France appeared, and spread to the world, "Art Nouveau style" affecting architecture, painting, jewelry, clothing, sculpture, painting and other forms of art on the continent of Europe continued for nearly a decade. This art tends to be natural and modern, from the Middle Ages, Baroque, Japanese art to draw inspiration from the natural world of animals, plants, flowers and shapes to simplify the processing, line into a smooth lines of decorative effect, giving people fresh, natural, sensual visual enjoyment.

"Art Nouveau" period of precious stones used less, diamonds often play a role in embellishment. Artists focus on using easy to carve color gold and silver, ivory, enamel and other materials for fine carving, jewelry presents a gorgeous and elegant temperament characteristics.

The jewelry of the Art Nouveau period was expensive because the craftsmanship was so manual, and not many people could afford it at the time.

To say which period of jewelry was the most luxurious, it had to be the Edwardian period.

The Edwardian period was the last period of jewelry to be named after a British monarch. While Edward VII actually reigned from 1901 to 1910, the style of Edwardian jewelry actually began in the late Victorian period and ended on the eve of WWI.

This period of European high society to wear the French 18th century court luxury style jewelry proud, its typical design is to flowers with ribbons, bow patterns, made such as flower crown-like shape. The intricate lace trim style shows the courtly splendor and meticulousness.

Pearls and diamonds can be said to be the jewelry designer's favorite gem material, noble atmosphere of the jewelry style is very consistent with the aesthetic of the period. Metal materials, the jewelry craftsmen of that period are focused on a new type of metal - platinum, its unique luster over the traditional gold and silver materials, but also become the best choice to set off the pearls, diamonds.

Lace tibia style diamond necklace, luxury to the extreme:

Edwardian jewelry are mostly single-color gemstones, lined with platinum, which was extremely popular at the time, looks noble and elegant, full of texture:

From the beginning of the twentieth century, Louis Cartier put the from Egypt, Persia, the Far East and the Russian ballet (the Ballet) srusses) from Egypt, Persia, the Far East and the Russian Ballet into traditional, more geometric and abstract designs.

In 1906, they began to incorporate new materials with rich colors, such as onyx and coral, into their designs, creating a strong Art Nouveau style. This style became known as "Art Deco" (ArtDeco) after the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Craft Arts held in Paris in 1925.

Deco evolved from the Art Nouveau movement of the late 19th century, which sought organic lines of sensuality (such as floral and animal forms) and exotic cultural motifs (such as oriental calligraphy and artifacts).

In the late 1930s, as the United States gradually recovered from the Great Depression of 1929, jewelry design began to accelerate again. Hollywood had a huge influence on the styles of the period, with jewelry that was mostly exaggerated, bold, three-dimensional, and with large areas of gold. Because of the outbreak of World War II in 1941, precious metals and stones became scarce, prompting semi-precious stones and synthetic materials to become popular.

Jewelry of the 1950s was largely a continuation of the 1940s style, except that the designs were more structured and progressively less exaggerated. As the post-war economy grew, jewelry design and craftsmanship diversified, and elements such as engraved patterns and twisted ropes became popular.

Despite the changing times and evolving styles of jewelry, the luster and glamour of precious stones have never changed. Even in the course of history, jewelry can't avoid being destroyed, but the precious stones inlaid on the jewelry can still create another piece of magnificent treasure.

Those exquisite rare and exotic treasures, attracting countless royalty to flock. It can be seen that the pursuit of beautiful luxury has never changed, people want to use luxury and rare jewelry to highlight the royal nobility and wealth, which will not change.

The era of wealth and peace is the manna that nourishes the flourishing jewelry industry. With the advancement of time and economic development, jewelry is not just an asset that royalty can own.

The people of the period of national wealth and strength is happy, in the art and jewelry styles competing today, people have more choices, you can choose the Edwardian court luxury style, you can also choose the RETRO exaggerated fashionable ..... So, now that you know the history of European jewelry like the back of your hand, which style of jewelry do you love more?

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