Tiaras From ancient to modern

According to legend, was a greek god Dionysus, the headpiece called the Tiara invented. The word "tiara" is derived from the greek "diadein" which means to bind. The tiaras made from previous goliage bound and flowers. After Alexander the Great, the most important regions of gold reached by the Persian Empire in 331 BC, Greek craftsmen were quick to exploit his soft hat and make garlands of flowers in bright eternal life fashionedyellow metal.

Various types of headgear were made in Greece, but the crowns usually framed in strips. They were assimilated into Russian costume, but it was a popular model of Western Design Tiara 19:20 Century. The world "Tiara" comes from Persian, which were the high pointed hat called the Persian king. Now is an ornament to describe almost any form of head ornaments.

While there areAccounts of special occasions in which men wore gold chains and rings, jewelry was usually worn by women. Over time, gold crowns and tiaras occasions has been reserved for the most ambitious and pretentious, and the association with Tiara privilege and ostentation remain the priority.

The Romans were great admirers of the abilities and mastery of the Greeks, and to emulate in many ways. In comparison, lacking the delicacy of Roman craftsmanship admired so ancient greekand Etruscan jewelry, precious stones, hats more than it did for theatrical effect. The most important part of the Romans in the evolution of the tiara was played, but his pioneering use of stones before. Amethysts and pearls, emeralds, sapphires and diamonds, and Roman artisans gradually available as the Empire expanded. The intense colors and refractive properties of the stones began to play a central role in jewelry design.

The record of howTiaras in recent years of the mummy portraits significant cases that have survived the early Roman period in Egypt wore painted. This mummy cases, the greatest works of art to us from ancient times past rank, often show the deceased was wearing earrings, amuletic Medusa-head and neck and rough emerald crystal beads.

With the spread of Christianity and the disappearance of the Eastern Roman Empire, the use of crownsTiaras and gradually decreased and finally ceased. They were not part of clothing, until the late 18th century revived. Its disappearance has been partly to do with the need for a semblance of Christian piety in a time when even obliquely references to the ancient world, immorality and debauchery associations made. Women's fashion has been the delight of Tiara elegance and denied his flattering effect until the advent of classicism and the Court of First Empire fashionsReplay.