The fruit of over ten years of research and travel throughout Europe and the British Isles, this is the first single volume to provide a full survey of Celtic arts and crafts from 700 BC to AD 700. The authors discuss the origin and identity of the Celts, and introduce us to the study of their elusive, shape-changing, non-narrative art. Then, in five chronologically organized chapters, ranging from the Black to the Baltic and from Anatolia to County Armagh, they investigate the antecedents of Celtic art, the styles and motifs employed, and the relationship of the Celts and their art to the ancient civilizations of the Meditterranean.
- ISBN10 0500275858
- ISBN13 9780500275856
- Publish Date 1 March 1990
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 16 July 2001
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 288
- Language English