Celtic Art: In Britain before the Roman Conquest - Softcover

Ian Stead

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0714121177 ISBN 13: 9780714121178

Publisher: BRITISH MUSEUM, 1996

Synopsis

The Celtic-speaking Britons who inhabited England, Wales and part of Scotland in the 500 years BC left no written history. However, archaeology continues to reveal their artistic achievements. Jewellery, weapons, armour and the metal fittings of chariots and harness are magnificently decorated with fascinating and powerful designs. This introduction to the various forms of abstract decoration used by the Celts, asks whether their distinctive designs had a symbolic meaning now lost, or whether they were simple adornment. It examines the craftsmen's techniques, then follows the development of certain patterns and finally describes a number of surviving masterpieces, such as the Battersea shield and the Aylesford bucket.

About this title

About the Author:

Ian Stead is an authority on the Iron Age and a former Deputy Keeper of the Department of Prehistoric and Romano-British Antiquities at the British Museum.

About this edition

• Publisher: BRITISH MUSEUM
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0714121177
• ISBN 13: 9780714121178
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 96