创“饰”记——欧洲首饰的源流

"decorative"Way-The Origin Of European Jewelry

＂起初神创造天地。＂——创世记1：1神就照着自己的形像造人,乃是照着他的形象造男造女。神就赐福给他们,又对他们说：‘要生养众多,遍满地面、治理这地;也要管理海里的鱼,空中的鸟,和地上各样行动的活物。＇——创世记1：27-28开首语出自《圣经》的创世记,讲明了神创造世间万物,并与拥有自己形象的被造物人类之间的关系。

Jewelry was man's answer to the profound human need for self-adornment and,consequently,is one of the oldest forms of decorative art.For the past seven thousand years its history-albeit interrupted and incomplete-can be traced from the centres of the earliest known civilizations in Mesopotamia(Iraq)and Egypt to its universality in modern times.This panoramic survey of personal jewelry same time, the basic,almost primitive qualities that remain consistent factors throughout the long story.——Hugh Tait《7000 years of jewelry》