Abstract: In this paper, jewelry from cultural prespective was studied.Incomparison with jewelry viewpoints from geology and economics, a vision from cultural prespective enriches the connotation of jewelry further more.
Three conclusions can be drawn:jewelry is a cultural phenomenon;jewelry products are cultural products;jewelry industry is cultural industry.Firstly,jewelry is a cultural phenomenon.As a kind of cultural carrier,jewelry has the function of transforming cultural messages.Secondly,jewelry products are cultural products because culture has penetrated to the whole process of jewelry production,including design,production and sales of jewelry products.Finally,jewelry industry is cultural industry,which performs as other cultural industries,always interpreting and delivering values of a specific culture.
Viewing jewelry products as cultural products,it promotes value and taste of jewelry products as well as the sound development of jewelry industry.More specifically,treating jewelry industry as cultural industry should pursue the truth,the goodness and the beauty,instead of material properties of products.