Celtic Art
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This volume is devoted to the Celtic civilization, which emerged around 500 BC, and its extension throughout the European continent and into Asia Minor. By their military conquests, the Celtic people were capable of shaking the very foundations of Mediterranean civilization. The six chapters of the book chronologically explore the breadth and diversity of Celtic society and culture through its eclectic art and everyday objects. They comprise decorated weapons, pottery, coins and personal ornaments in bronze, enamelled bronze and silver, demonstrating highly skilled metalwork. The evolution of Celtic art is traced as it spread into northern Italy in the 4th century BC, where it absorbed Graeco-Etruscan influences, and then into Britain and Ireland.
Author: Barry Raftery
Format: Hardback, 172 pages, 265mm x 280mm, 1383 g
Published: 1991, Editions Flammarion, France
Genre: Fine Arts / Art History
This volume is devoted to the Celtic civilization, which emerged around 500 BC, and its extension throughout the European continent and into Asia Minor. By their military conquests, the Celtic people were capable of shaking the very foundations of Mediterranean civilization. The six chapters of the book chronologically explore the breadth and diversity of Celtic society and culture through its eclectic art and everyday objects. They comprise decorated weapons, pottery, coins and personal ornaments in bronze, enamelled bronze and silver, demonstrating highly skilled metalwork. The evolution of Celtic art is traced as it spread into northern Italy in the 4th century BC, where it absorbed Graeco-Etruscan influences, and then into Britain and Ireland.