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Renaissance Bling Jewelry
Today every woman has a jewelry box overflowing with costume jewelry. Necklaces, bracelets, anklets, earrings, brooches and rings are a safe gift for any occasion. Even belts and cell phone charms are studded with jewels. What we take for granted was once a privilege for the wealthy and powerful. In the Medieval Period, only the aristocracy had jewelry, and most of that was utilitarian. Brooches held garments together because they could be changed from one garment to another. The nobility had engraved gold or silver brooches while members of the royalty had jeweled brooches. Aristocratic ladies had simple necklaces of beads, crystals, or pearls.
With the arrival of the Renaissance, prosperity expanded and the pleasures and luxuries of life blossomed. At first the wealthy, and later the middle class, began to adorn their appearances. Jewelry was at the top of their lists. Women’s clothing was redesigned to lower necklines, allowing the space to wear necklaces, earrings and bracelets. Embracing prosperity with exuberance, they designed progressively more elaborate jewelry. This Renaissance jewelry is the beginning of modern jewelry styles. The fabulous Bling of contemporary rhinestone studded necklaces and vividly colored crystal earrings would have been in style during the Renaissance.
Religious articles, ancient artifacts, and technological advances in gem cutting influenced Renaissance styles which are still fashionable today. Crosses became ornate necklaces and earrings. Crystal and gold cross pendant necklaces are both classic and trendy today. The first and greatest part of the Renaissance movement was in Italy. The Italians discovered Greek and Roman artifacts, including jewelry, which they used as models. Ancient style gold necklaces, copper bracelets, silver anklets and silver rings with marred surfaces are popular with modern women. When Renaissance jewelers learned to cut stones instead of polishing them, jewelry made a dramatic change
Cutting facets into gems revealed the sparkling fire within the stones. Vividly colored gems offered an endless array of possibilities for elaborate designs, especially with pendants. They loved sapphires and gold necklaces with crystal pendants; ruby and onyx cluster earrings, emerald rings set in wide gold bands; and topaz crystal bracelets. Today’s glamorous Bling jewelry shows the same love of bright colors and sparkling rhinestone and crystal. Elaborate jeweled hairpins were used to hold long hair up in intricate Renaissance hairstyles. Today a woman’s evening attire in not complete without hair accessories of gold pins and crystal encrusted hair clips to accent her dress.
The beautiful jewelry of the aristocracy was admired and desired by the growing middle class of the Renaissance. To make jewelry affordable, jewelers made less expensive versions using vibrant colors and cheaper materials. With crystals instead of diamonds and colored glass instead of rubies, sapphires and emeralds, the average woman could have crystal earrings , rhinestone necklaces, gold rings with beautiful colored glass, and strands of beads for bracelets. Shopping online is a great way to find modern versions of the breath-taking designs in the vivid, sparkling colors of the Renaissance. Any woman can find this glamorous look at a price she can afford.
