Why Do We Wear Jewellery?Jewellery plays an important role in life of many people, however its meaning is almost invisible or hardly recognizable.
Most people, when asked to define jewellery, claim it is supposed to ornament and be beautiful. However, people do tend to wear various ornaments which can't be judged beautiful. Even the most conventional jewellery created from gold or other precious metals isn't simple to describe with all those ordinary criteria with which other objects are described. If jewellery doesn't have to be beautiful, why is it an ornament? Mechanical production of conventional jewellery pieces removes an expensive element of craft whilst increasing the value of a material used. In such a way the cost is artificially kept at high level. As a consequence, the value and beauty of most of the jewellery is illusionary and derives from the need to idealize one's own image.
At first glimpse, we are usually attracted by its design as well as they way it was created. Do we ever think about the reason why certain people choose particular pieces? And why jewellery is so diverse and different while worn by various people? It turns out that jewellery has many roles, it is supposed to show somebodies' status, wealth, affiliation, sexual orientation, whether someone belongs to the group or not. It also can be a symbol, an icon or a sign of a certain ritual.
And why do YOU wear your own jewellery? |
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