No Light, No Jewelry

Lives originated from the light. Human-beings have always been aspiring after the light in all ages, while the artists are expressing their longing for light by all means. The light was shining on the church dome in Middle Ages, and sparkling in impressionism artists' eyes. Nowadays, the art of light starts enlightening common people's lives. The light and shadow become more and more important in contemporary art and design, and the study on them attracts more and more artists and designers.As a creature built-in human body and an art of dressing, jewelry has unique microcosmic visual structure and spirits. Contemporary art of jewelry has spanned the original phase of adding on body, it dedicates to pursue the delicate touch with human. The light and shadow are key points of it. Jewelry combining with light and shadow make the delicate and diverse effects of jewelry on skin possible, which also brings in a brand new word "Shining and shadowing jewelry". The new term makes the jewelry not only a "thing", but also a brilliant way of life.These texts start from study of light and shadow, combine with the research result of contemporary art and design, and try to probe into the language of light and shadow in contemporary art of jewelry. It begins with the concept and types of light and shadow, reviews the development of expressing light and shadow, analyses the history, characters and change of jewelry, and deeply studies the possibility of using light and shadow in jewelry design, finally finds a brand new way of jewelry design to show individuality.