Celtic Art

Celtic Art - kĕlˈtĭk, sĕlˈ–. The earliest clearly Celtic style in art was developed in S Germany and E France by tribal artisans of the mid- to late 5th cent. b.c. With the dispersal of Celtic tribes during the next five centuries, their characteristically sophisticated designs were spread throughout Europe and the British Isles. Although some classical Read More...

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The Ancient Celts
by Barry Cunliffe. 324 pgs.

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Fierce warriors and skilled craftsmen, the Celts were famous throughout the ancient Mediterranean world, the archetypal barbarians from the north, feared by both Greeks and Romans. And though this ancient thousand-year-old civilization was crushed by the military campaigns of Julius Caesar, the Celts remain an object of fascination to this day. Now, in The Ancient Celts, Barry Cunliffe, one of the world's leading authorities on European prehistory, explores the true nature of the Celtic identity and presents the first thorough and up-to-date account of a people whose origins still provoke heated debate. Drawing on a wealth of recent archaeological findings, Cunliffe reveals how this loose band of nomads evolved from migratory barbarians into adroit traders and artists, inhabiting virtually every corner of Europe north of the Po. Beginning in the Hungarian plains of 1300 B.C., where the first hints of Celtic culture can be traced, the book shows how this fierce people slowly grew into one of Europe's most feared powers, constantly raiding and threatening the empires of both Greece and the Rome. Cunliffe demonstrates how the unprecedented Celtic diaspora gave way to the development of a number of mature, urban societies scattered throughout the continent. The book pays ample tribute to Celtic economic prowess, revealing how the civilization shrewdly took advantage of Europes tin, cooper, and gold resources to become both a respected trading partner with Rome and a nation of skilled artisans who forged some of the greatest weaponry of pre-antiquity. The book also describes the Celtss pantheistic religious traditions, with detailed accounts of weapon burials, human sacrifices, and the meditative powers of the Druids, and it concludes with a look at the influences of the Celtic mystique on the modern world, revealing how the concept of the Celt has been used many times by nations in search for an identity. From the Victorians glorification of Boudicca, to linguistic influences in Ireland and Britain, to the common bond of Celtic ancestry that virtually every European shares, this comprehensive history demystifies the world of the Celts as never before. A fascinating history blending insightful narrative with vivid detail, and boasting over 200 illustrations--including 24 color plates--and 30 maps, The Ancient Celts is an indispensable guide to this age-old, intriguing culture.

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Preface

Contents

List of Colour Plates

1: Visions of the Celts

2: The Reality of the Celts

3: Barbarian Europe and the Mediterranean

4: The Migrations

5: Warfare and Society

6: The Arts of the Migration Period

7: Iberia and the Celtiberians

8: The Communities of the Atlantic FaçAde

9: The Communities of the Eastern Fringes

10: Religious Systems

11: The Developed Celtic World

12: The Celts in Retreat

13: Celtic Survival

14: Retrospect

A Guide to Further Reading

Chronological Tables

Map Section

Index
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Symbol and Image in Celtic Religious Art
by Miranda Green. 280 pgs.

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'The variety of subjects is awesome, as is the sustained iconography of their symbols and emblems. A work of major importance.' - Choice

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List of Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgements

1: Prologue

2: The Female Image

3: The Divine Marriage

4: The Male Image

5: The Symbolism of the Natural World

6: Triplism and Multiple Images

7: Style and Belief

8: Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index
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The Art of Roman Britain (Chap. One "The Art of the Celts")
by Martin Henig. 224 pgs.

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With the help of over 100 illustrations, many of them little known, Martin Henig shows that the art produced in Britannia - particularly in the golden age of Late Antiquity - rivals that of other provinces and deserves comparison with the art of metropolitan Rome.The originality and breadth of Martin Henig's study is shown by its systematic coverage, embracing both the major arts - stone and bronze statuary, wall-painting and mosaics - and such applied arts as jewellery-making, silversmithing, furniture design, figure pottery, figurines and appliques. The author explains how the various workshops were organized, the part played by patronage and the changes that occurred in the fourth century. Above all, he emphasizes the high aesthetic merit of so much of the work produced during the four centuries of Roman Britain.

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Illustrations

Introduction

Chapter One: The Art of the Celts

Chapter Two: Art in the Era of the Conquest

Chapter Three: Art and the Roman Army

Chapter Four: The Uses of Art in Roman Britain

Chapter Five: Natives and Strangers in Roman Britain

Chapter Six: Artists and Their Patrons

Chapter Seven: Art in Late Roman Britain

Chapter Eight: Attitudes to the Art of Roman Britain

Notes and References

Bibliography

Glossary

Index
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The Book of Kells
by Edward Sullivan. 111 pgs.

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Prefatory Note

Foreword

Introduction to The Third Edition

Introduction to The Second Edition

The Book of Kells

The Plates
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Celtic Creatures - A Bestiary of Ancient Ireland, in World and I
by Steenie Harvey. 12 pgs.

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Ancient Britain and the Invasions of Julius Caesar (1907) (Chap. V "The Early Iron Age")
by T. Rice Holmes. 782 pgs.

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Preface

Contents

List of Illustrations

Chapter I: Introduction

Chapter II: The Palaeolithic Age

Chapter III: The Neolithic Age

Chapter IV: The Bronze Age and the Voyage of Pytheas

Chapter V: The Early Iron Age

Chapter VI: Caesar's First Invasion of Britain

Chapter VII: Caesar's Second Invasion of Britain

Chapter VIII: The Results of Caesar's Invasions of Britain

The Ethnology of Ancient Britain

The Names Πpetanikai NhΣΟΙ, Britanni and Britannia

The Cassiterides, Ictis, and the British Trade in Tin

Dene-Holes

Portus Itius

The Disembarkation of the Romans in 55 B.C.

The War-Chariots of the Britons

The Operations of the Britons During the Last Few Days of Caesar's First Expedition

Where Did Caesar Encounter the Britons on the Morning After His Second Landing in Britain?

Caesar's Earlier Operations in 54 B.C. (b. G., V, 9-11)

Caesar's Second Combat with the Britons in 54 B.C.

The Combat Between Trebonius and the Britons

Caesar's Passage of the Thames

The Site of Cassivellaunus's Stronghold

Did Londinium Exist in Caesar's Time?

The Julian Calendar and the Chronology of Caesar's Invasions of Britain

Addenda

Index
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Roman Britain and the English Settlements (Chap. XV "Art")
by R. G. Collingwood, J. N. L. Myres. 515 pgs.

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Preface to Books I-Iv

Preface to Book V

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List of Maps

Book I: Britain Before the Roman Conquest

II: Britain in the Time of Julius Caesar

III: Caesar's Invasion

IV: From Caesar to Claudius

Book II: The Age of Conquest

VI: Caratacus and Boudicca

VII: From Boudicca to Agricola

VIII: The Making of the Frontier

IX: The Frontier After Hadrian

Book III: Britain Under Roman Rule

XI: The People

XIII: The Towns

XIII: The Country-Side

XIV: Industry and Commerce

XV: Art

XVI: Religion

Book IV: The End of Roman Britain

XVIII: The End of Roman Rule

XIX: Britain in the Fifth Century

Book V: The English Settlements

XXI: The Course of the Conquest in Kent and the South-East

XXII: The Fenlands, East Anglia, and the Problem of Wessex

XXIII: The Humbrenses

XXIV: The Character of the Conquest

Appendix I

Appendix II

Appendix III

Bibliography

Index
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Animals in Celtic Life and Myth
by Miranda Green. 284 pgs.

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Animals played a crucial role in many aspects of Celtic life: in the economy, hunting, warfare, art, literature and religion. Such was their importance to this society, that an intimate relationship between humans and animals developed, in which the Celts believed many animals to have divine powers. In Animals in Celtic Life and Art , Miranda Green draws on evidence from early Celtic documents, archaeology and iconography to consider the manner in which animals formed the basis of elaborate rituals and beliefs. She reveals that animals were endowed with an extremely high status, considered by the Celts as worthy of respect and admiration.

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Figures

Preface

1: The Natural World of the Celts

2: Food and Farming: Animals in the Celtic Economy

3: Prey and Predator: The Celtic Hunter

4: Animals at War

5: Sacrifice and Ritual

6: The Artist’s Menagerie

7: Animals in the Earliest Celtic Stories

8: God and Beast

9: Changing Attitudes to the Animal World

Notes

Bibliography

Index
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The Celtic Tarot and the Secret Traditions: A Study in Modern Legend Making, in Folklore
by Juliette Wood. 10 pgs.

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Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe: Early Scandinavian and Celtic Religions
by H. R. Ellis Davidson. 272 pgs.

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List of Illustrations

Preface and Acknowledgements

Introduction

I: Holy Places

II: Feasting and Sacrifice

III: The Rites of Battle

IV: Land -Spirits and Ancestors

V: Foreknowledge and Destiny

VI: The Other World

VII: The Ruling Powers

Conclusion

References

Bibliography

Index
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The Celts ("Celtic Art" begins on p. 25)
by Otto Hermann Frey, Venceslas Kruta, Sabatino Moscati, Barry Raftery, Miklos Szabo. 714 pgs.

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Before its decline in the first century B.C., the Celtic world stretched from the British Isles to the Carpathian Mountains and Asia Minor, and the Celts possessed their own vital and highly original civilization, revealed in the rich profusion of ornamental motifs that decorate Celtic weapons and artefacts. Their traditions live on in customs, names, and crafts, and they contributed greatly to the formation of Europe. Archaeological excavations have recovered some of the beautiful treasures of the Celts, as well as much evidence of their social and economic life. This revised paperback edition of the landmark volume that accompanied an exhibition at the Palazzo Grassi takes the reader on a voyage through many eras, places, and themes to rediscover the story of a people still in some ways shrouded in mystery. It reveals the aggressive voyages of the Celts to the shores of foreign civilizations, and evidence of their great sophistication-- the Gallic calendar, their advanced agricultural techniques, their craftsmanship and metalwork. Written by scholars in the field, this is the ideal handbook on the Celtic culture.

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Lenders

Palazograssi

Honorary Committee

Foreword

The Celts and Ancient Europe

Celtic Art

In Search of the Ancient Celts

Ancient Literary Sources

The Archaeological Sources

The Language and Writing of the Early Celts

The Image of the Celts in Etruscan, Greek and Roman Art

The Dying Gaul Marina Mattei

The Age of the Princes Sixth Century B.C.

Celtic Princes in the Sixth Century B.C.

Golasecca Culture and Its Links with Celts beyond the Alps

The Princely Tombs of Burgundy

The Celtic Princes of Hohenasperg (Baden-Württemberg)

The Heuneburg Hillfort and the Proto-Celtic Princely Tombs of Upper Rhineland Wolfgang Kimming

The Vix Settlement and the Tomb of the Princess: Nadine Berthelier-Ajot

Bragny-Sur-SaôNe (saôNe-Et-Loire) Metallurgy Center, Fifth Century B.C: Jean-Loup Flouest

Bourges: A Hallstatt Site in the Loire Valley: S. Delabesse and Jacques Troadec

Jes Jogasses: Pierre Roualet

The Celtic Hillfort of Kemmelberg: André Van Doorselaer

ChâTillon-Sur-GlâNe: A Late Hallstatt Princely Residence: Hanni Schwab

The Formation of the la TèNe Culture Fifth Century B.C.

The Formation of the la TèNe Culture in the Fifth Century B C.

The Marnian Culture of Champagne

The Hallstatt Salt Mines

The Dürrnberg near Hallein: A Center Art and Culture

Somme-Bionne Ian Mathieson Stead

The LéGlise Barrow Cemetery in the Ardennes (Belgium) Anne Cahen-Delhaye

The Barrows of the Jura

Kleinaspergle near Asperg Kreis Ludwigsburg (Baden-Württemberg)

The Hillfort and Sanctuary of ZáVist

Manětín-HráDek

The Finds at the Chýnov Settlement

The Early la TèNe Court Residence at Droužkovice

The Princely Tombs of Chlum

The Steinsburg Hillfort

The St. PöLten Area in the Fifth Century B.C.

The Necropolis at BćUany

The First Historical Expansion Fourth Century B.C.

The First Celtic Expansion: Prehistory to History

The Alps at the Time of the First Celtic Migrations

The Celts in Italy

Armorica

The Champagne Region under Celtic Rule during the Fourth and Third Centuries B.C.

The Swiss Plateau

The Rhineland

Bavaria

The Celtic Population of Bohemia in the Fourth Century B.C.

The Celtic Population of Moravia in the Fourth Century B.C.

The Carpathian Basin

The Filottrano Cemetery

The Burial at Moscano Fabriano

The Settlement and Cemetery at Monte Bibele

Coins Cast with the Head of the Gaul in the Area of Ariminum

The Agris Helmet

The Waldalgesheim Tomb

The Treasure of Duchcov

The Cemetery near St. PöLten

The Mannersdorf Cemetery Johannes-Wolfgang Neugebauer

Miklós Szabó the Celts and Their Movements in the Third Century B.C.

Mercenary Activity

The Scordisci

The Celts and Their Gold: Origins, Production and Social Role

The Celtic War Chariot the Experimental Reconstruction in the Schweizerisches Landesmuseum

The Settlement and Cemetery at Ens6Rune

The Hillfort and Sanctuary at Roquepertuse

The Celtic Sanctuary at Gournay-Sur-Aronde

La TèNe

Celtic Craftwork at la TèNe Michel Egloff

The Tomb of the Warrior and Surgeon of München-Obermenzing and Other Archaeological Evidence of Celtic Medicine

Giengen: A Middle la TèNe Cemetery

The Brå Cauldron

The Brno-MaloměřIce Jug

The Iwanowice Cemetery and the Celts in Poland Zenon Woźniak

The Sopron--Krautacker Settlement Elisabeth Jerem

Pečine: An Early la TéNe Burial Site Borislav Jovanović

The la TèNe Cemetery at Pişcolt Joan Nemeti

The Cemetery of ÇIumeşti and the Chieftain's Tomb Vlad Zirra

The Chariot Burial at Mezek Alexandre Fol

The Celts of Iberia

The Celts of the Iberian Peninsula

Numantia Alfredo Jimeno Martínez View of the Site of Numantia (spain)

The Era of the Oppida Second-First Century B.C.

The Oppida of the Second and First Centuries B.C.

The History of Vegetation

Agriculture: Animal Husbandry

Handicrafts Susanne Sievers, Radomír Pleiner Natalie Venclovd, Udo Geilenbrügge

Coinage

The Transpadane Celts

The Taurisci

The Celts in the Balkan Area

Celtic Society in the First Century B.C.

Celtic Writing

Celtic Religion

The Romanization of Gaul

The Romanization of the Danubian Countries

Bibracte: An Oppidum of the Aedui People J. -P. Guillaumet

Late Celtic Horsemen's Graves at Goeblingen-Nospelt Jeannot Metzler

The Celtic Port of Geneva Charles Bonnet

Basel: The Oppidum of Münsterhügel and the Gasfabrik Settlement

Berne-Enge the Oppidum on the Engehalbinsel near Berne Felix Müller

The Votive Deposit at Tiefenau near Berne Felix Müller

The River Site of Port Nidau

The Oppidum of Manching

The Votive Deposit at Niederzier

The Irsching Hoard

The Fellbach-Schmiden Sanctuary

The Dejbjerg Carts

The Gundestrup Cauldron

The Ball Torques Celtic Art outside the Celtic World

Stradonice: A Celtic Oppidum Jiri Bren

The Oppidum of ZáVist Karla Motyková, Petr Drda, Alena Rybová

A Celtic Oppidum: Třísov Jiri Bren

The Kolín Tool Hoard Karla Motyková and Alena Rybová

The Oppidum of Staré Hradisko Jiri Meduna

The Oppidum of Bratislava Lev Zachar

The Kingdom of Noricum and the City on the Magdalensberg Gernot Piccottini

The Island Celts

The Island Celts

Maritime Traffic between the Continent and Britain

Hillforts

Celtic Religion and Mythology

Barry Raftery Bogs

Danebury Barry Cunliffe

Maiden Castle, Dorset, Britain Niall Sharples

Gussage All Saints Jennifer Foster

Metalwork from Llyn Cerrig Bach Stephen Green

Navan Fort Christopher J. Lynn

Tara, County Meath Barry Raftery

Dun Aengus, Inishmore, Aran, County Galway, Ireland Barry Raftery

Dún Ailinne Bernard Wailes

The Turoe Stone

The Broighter Hoard

The Christian Celts

The Early Medieval Celts

Celtic Enamel

Music Archaeology and the Ancient Celts

Celtic Heroic Tradition

Celtic Law

The Irish Missions

The Arthurian Cycle and Celtic Heritage in European Culture

The Modern Celts

Final Considerations

The Ancient Writers

General Bibliography

Index

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