The Application And Performance Of Lacquer In Jewelry

Lacquer-art, jade ware and porcelain are revered as China’s three majortraditional cultural heritages. Lacquer-art that is more time-honored than Chinesecalligraphy maintains so uninterrupted and dynamic after thousands of years that itrepresents the essence of the Chinese even the Asian culture identity to a certainextent.Lacquer-art jewelry is defined as the application of lacquer craft in respect ofornament. It has long history demonstrated by the early excavation that lacquer artornaments in the form of necessities of the ladies dressing up had appeared in theWarring States era. However, with the development of economy and technology,changes of the public’s aesthetic consciousness and pursuit of individuality offeropportunities to combine lacquer art and ornament.From the perspective of aesthetic characteristics, lacquer-art with decorationperformance of pattern, texture, color and light prohibits a variety of beauties derivedfrom their materials, shapes, functiones, decorations and art inheritances. Thecombination of lacquer-art and ornaments is actually an innovation because of itsdouble historical meanings embracing not only an injection of fresh blood to lacquer-art form but also a rich expansion to jewelry field.This paper is divided into three parts which aims to expound progressively theapplication of lacquer art in modern society. Firstly, the origin of lacquer art and thehistorical evolution of its modeling and decoration style were described. And theaesthetic characteristics of lacquer-art were also introduced. Secondly, the articleanalyzed the recent study status of Chinese jewelry which focusing on the relationship...