The evolution of the jewelry status in the history of culture and its role in intercultural interactions

Abstract

It is interesting to consider the evolution of jewelry status in the history of culture and its role in intercultural interactions in the correlation of periods of conceptual social transformations. The purpose of the study is to examine the main cultural approaches to the development process, to identify current trends in the study of cultural diffusions in the context of jewelry art. The motives and functions of jewelry are analyzed, the systematization carried out allows us to determine the place of jewelry in intercultural interactions on the example of ancient Asian cultures (Tibet, Mongolia, small peoples of China), which have significant both material and spiritual heritage and show signs of cultural diffusion, permeability. This civilizational community is imbued with a large amount of influences that have their own patterns: directions and rhythms. The traditional jewelry art of this region demonstrates a variety of technologies and materials with their stylistic continuity, common cultural roots. The study considers a question of the origin of jewelry, which most likely arose simultaneously with the appearance of clothing, costume complex, is an integral part of human civilization, and undoubtedly had a huge impact on its evolution. Conclusion: the identification of markers of cultural diffusion through a comprehensive comparativetypological analysis of genres, materials, and artistic style in the traditional jewelry art of Central Asia, including the small peoples of southern China, Mongolia and Tibet in the modern author’s jewelry art of the Stroganov school through the prism of innovations of the shaping of the Russian avant-garde of 1910–1920 just define the main culturological approaches.