Jewelery Art of Ukraine at the Turn of the XX–XXI ct.: Genesis of Progress

The aim of the research is to analyze the genesis of the main factors of evolutionary;transformations in the jewelry of Ukraine at the end of the XX – the beginning of the XXI ct.;Research methodology. A number of scientific methods have been applied: comparativehistorical,;analytical-descriptive, figurativestylistic, as well as methods of analogies and;assumptions. Scientific novelty. In this study an attempt to show a generalized picture of;the progress of Ukrainian jewelry on the turn of the XX–XXI ct. has been made. Conclusions. It;has been proved that consolidation of domestic;experimental aspects in the technological; field, active introduction of progressive design;ideas and work experience accumulated over;many years by the previous generation of; masters specializing in jewelry art into the;creative process has led Ukrainian jewelers to a qualitatively new stage of development. The optimal balance of traditional methods and innovative experimental factors of the technological and creative process in general has formed the general concept of the development of the recent Ukrainian jewelery, and promotes the birth of new creative forms of the realization of the potential of Ukrainian jewelery artists at the end of the XX – the beginning of the XXI ct. All these aspects help modern Ukrainian jewelery artists to adjust effectively to new principles of work and transformation on the European jewelry art market,where the philosophy of the concept of design, methods of synthesis of artistic and figurative forming as well as structural and technological forming are the main factors of the progress of the recent jewelry art in Ukraine in general