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Celtic art / Venceslas Kruta ; translated by Keith and Angela Bradford.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kruta, Venceslas.
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Art, Celtic.
- Physical Description:
- 239 pages : color illustrations, map ; 30 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Phaidon, 2015.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the French.
- Summary:
- Written by the world expert on Celtic art, this book offers a carefully chosen sequence of 250 masterpieces ranging from the fifth century BC to the eighth century AD. The great variety and full range of Celtic artistic production is represented - from stone sculptures, terracotta vases and iron swords to amber necklaces, golden torques, bronze fibulas and illuminated manuscripts.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The antecedents
- The birth of Celtic art
- Echoes of Italy
- The height of continental art and its influence
- The art of the Oppida
- The art of the British Isles
- Epilogue: The Christian art of Ireland.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-235) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780714845975
- 0714845973
- OCLC:
- 890068375
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