In ancient Greece there was the constant search for beauty through the harmony that each part that made up the whole of a piece lay with each other. Beyond being reflected in their architecture or artistic disciplines, the Greeks transferred their prevailing desire towards everyday garments, such as jewelry.
In women, the use of rings, bracelets, and bracelets was common. Keeping those items of greater value as chains and underbust belts for the most important ceremonies. For its part, men joined the popular jewelry trend with signet rings, chunky bangles, while The headbands were only worn during special events.
Recreate an ideal world in everything that your hands could do. That is a phrase that highlights ancient Greece in each of its branches of development. According to the researcher, member of the Philological Research Institute, Enrique Bonavides: «The ancient Greeks chose to follow the call of art and beauty, the wonder and illusion that myth proposes in the face of the terrible portrait of a reality plagued by violence and inequality.»
His concept of perfect beauty is believed to have been an idea that evolved in three stages: the archaic, the classical and the Hellenistic. Regarding the first, scholars have determined that the Greeks had strong influence from the Egyptian artisans. Starting from the year 1100, before Christ, during the archaic period, He showed great affinity for magical religious thought, based on aesthetics, low volume, and the real forms of human anatomy.
For its part, During the classic philosophy, reason, doubt and question arise, which pose the perfect scenario about the true reason of humanityand the true achievement that he has on the face of the earth, this being established in the scope and enjoyment that perfection grants. Overcoming is a constant practice maintained by the Greeks, who they feared decrepitude more than the punishments imposed by the Olympian gods themselves.
During the Hellenistic stage, exaggeration and theatricality are created, so that in each work they carry out the exaggeration is present. Although it was mostly demonstrated in sculpture, perfect and harmonic beauty is present in every human activity, including, of course, jewelry.
Within the specific typology in jewelry that they had in Ancient Greece it is enough to highlight the elaboration in precious materials such as gold, garnet, emerald, glass, and even pearls. Meanwhile, the findings have pointed to casting, filigree and graining Like the methods used during this prodigious stage of human life.
From necklaces, crowns, brooches, and bracelets, all was established under the same harmonic pattern of each part that makes up the whole. It was almost frantic the way not a single detail escaped because this represented a complete lack of the established standards in his incessant search for perfection, and without a doubt, a reminder of its harsh reality.