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THE BEAUTY OF OSTENTATIOUS JEWELRY - PURE GOTHIC STYLE

The Gothic style is an instrumental style implored in the vast field of art like sculpture, fresco, panel painting, illuminated manuscripts, stained glass, etc. 

Gothic art is an artistic style that emerged in Western Europe in the late medieval period and also in Italy. It started in Northern France and spread through the west, taking place in various regions. It is a successor to the Romanesque style around the late 13th century and was later succeeded by the Renaissance.

 

CLASSICAL AND MODERN GOTHIC JEWELRY

 

The Gothic styles of jewelry have long been in existence over the centuries until the present time to show one's rank in the social hierarchy instead of the common misconception by people as something that is just recently in vogue. 

 

Round massive, dense surface decorations characterized the classical Gothic style of jewelry as compared to the modern style, which is made of pointed, simple, and elegant designs in conjunction with the elaborate use of the beautiful enamel works. The revival of the Gothic styles was in the 19th century, and in it is a style called the Neo-Gothic. 

 

These Gothic pieces of jewelry usually emphasize the romance, cruelty, aggression, and savagery of its founder. Their ranges include bracelets and Gothic earrings adorned with swords and spikes, massive Gothic rings in the style of animal heads and skulls, large, heavy black necklaces with crosses, and so many others. 

In the expression of the romance, Gothic items like the vine, roses, and heart are usually paired with other things. Though there are other Gothic style symbols, one of the most important ones is that of the dragon, which portrays a continuing battle between the evil and the good.

These Gothic jewelry are often made of white metals such as platinum, gold, and silver, probably due to favorable emphasis of the heaviness and darkness of black stones affixed in Gothic jewelry made by the light tint of these so-called white metals. 

 

To add more brightness, precious stones and crystals like the onyx gemstone, amethysts, emeralds, sapphires, and rubies are combined to the gold and silver pieces. And, in bringing out the Gothic jewelry's beauty, floral ornaments like the clover, maple, oak, holly, ivy, stylized leaves, grapevines, roses, fern, buttercup, wormwood, and others are used along with other designs. 

 

TYPES OF GOTHIC JEWELRY

 

The belt and brooch are part of the most common types of jewelry in the early Gothic period. The ring brooches are the most common available brooch, which is inscribed with texts showing love or religious texts. The brooches do come with rubies and sapphires. 

 

Rings decorated with engraved gems set or with just plain gold bands without engravement are the Gothic types. Gothic Rings are part of the accessories that make the wedding ceremony a memorable one and can be worn on any finger or several fingers. The signet ring is a type of ring used to sign and seal documents.

The Crown is one of the most popular royalty symbols and is flaunted in wedding ceremonies. In the early Romanesque period, grander crowns called coronals, circlet, and chaplets are mostly royalty. Still, later in the Gothic period, they are usually worn by ladies, knights, and squires. In addition to the romanesque Crown decoration, the Gothic crown decoration has the characteristic pinnacles called fleurons.

 

Badges and Medallions  are usually worn as pendants and are sometimes sewn unto clothing.

 

STYLES OF GOTHIC JEWELRY

There are several styles of the Gothic jewelry which are often similar or in contradiction to each other. 

Styles like the Antiquity, Victorian Goth, Renaissance, and Romantic have so many things in common and are in close resemblance with the jewelry of the middle age period and are often designed with the hand using lace patterns as white pearls. 

One of the popularly used Gothic lace ornament is called Tracery. It is in very diverse forms like six-leaved foilage, shamrocks, roses, fish bubbles,quatrefoils, rectilinear geometric shapes, quadrangles, and spherical triangles. 

These styles are mostly exemplified by their great diversity, compliance with the logical rules, harmony, and symbolic meaning. As mentioned above, the styles bring into the open the romantic nature of their owner and thus the most used styles by females as they are eye-catching, beautiful, and elegant in their look. 

The Fetish Goth style is synthetic materials, non-precious metals, and inexpensive precious metals like silver and, most importantly, the traditional black necklace. Pieces usually portray these styles with fetish bias like chains, bandages, collars, handcuffs, etc. The jewelry of this style symbolizes specific characteristics of supernatural forces, and their main aim is to show the association of a person to a particular cult group.

The Vampire goth style is usually made of silver and encompasses images that portray the characteristics of vampires like the bats and spider earrings. This style is connected with the dark view of life, the afterlife, and death and has a definite focus.

The Androgyne Goth style is suitable for both sexes as they are similar to the Gothic style jewelry and complemented with the typical Gothic symbol. Their collections include massive pendants, large rings, collars made of thorns and chains.

 

Today, despite its ostentatious root and sophisticated design, Gothic jewelry is fast becoming a common trend amidst designers and fashion-mongers. Modern Gothic jewelry can be irresistibly beautiful and can be worn by anyone who intends to, irrespective of being a Goths or not. I believe that in the near future, people with different personalities will be able to choose their favorite one on the Gothic jewelry platform. From then on, it will not be terrifying and incompatible, but will be friendly and tensile.