Landscapes first had to be discovered as an autonomous theme – not only in the field of painting, but also for jewellery. Starting from symbolic hints in medieval depictions of saints to the idyllic backgrounds of antique scenes painted in the Baroque period, landscapes served merely as a backdrop for a long time. The 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, when landscapes rich in details gradually evolved as the themes of paintings such as vedute, also marked the heyday of exquisite miniature enamel paintings and ivory carvings on brooches, lockets, pocket watch cases and dials. As revealed by some examples of contemporary art jewellery, even a drab industrial landscape can pique an artist’s interest. In general, the featured motifs such as mountain ranges, plant life or architecture serve as metaphors for a certain place or mood. Reflected upon as an autonomous aesthetic experience, landscapes bring forth a new design vocabulary while at the same time testifying to the artists’ multifaceted ways of exploring the theme of nature and the environment in view of the changes they undergo in the industrial era.