More than seven thousand years of jewelry and track social progress, cultural and religious history of man, which always sought to produce objects to decorate and entice; satisfying their desires, building an art and meanings within their time. It experiencing these possible adornments that jewelry was being developed, each with its own characteristics and peculiarities. Currently, with the technology, trade and the need to search for new creations and concepts in the field jewelry, was prepared and developed those what we call art jewelry. This article specifies the time that they were the jewels of the author and tender and makes an analysis between jewelry as art and contemporary art.Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP), Faculdade de Arquitetura Artes e Comunicação (FAAC), Departamento de Artes e Representação Gráfica, Bauru, SP, BrasilUniversidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP), Faculdade de Arquitetura Artes e Comunicação (FAAC), Departamento de Artes e Representação Gráfica, Bauru, SP, Brasil