Celtic Art From Its Beginnings to the Book of Kells

by Megaw, Ruth; Megaw, Vincent

• ISBN13: 9780500282656
• ISBN10: 050028265X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-05-17
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson

Summary

The authors have continued to keep abreast of discoveries and new interpretations of old material from Britain to Bulgaria, and the fruits of their research and travel are incorporated in this revised edition. Ranging from the Black Sea to the Baltic and from Anatolia to County Armagh, the Megaws investigate the antecedents of Celtic art, the styles and motifs employed, the relationship of the Celts and their art to the ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean, and the magnificent maturity of Celtic art in Britain and Ireland. They include major discoveries that have been made as the result of highway and rail construction and the results of detailed surveys of known sites, such as the recovery of the remarkable stone sculpture from the Glauberg northwest of Frankfurt. Continuing work at old sites such as the saltmining complex of the Durrnberg just south of Salzburg has produced new treasures, and important finds in Central and Eastern Europe and in the British Isles have necessitated a change in emphasis with regard to questions of origin and development. The wealth of pictorial material includes location maps for each period and numerous new illustrations; the comprehensive bibliography has been updated and expanded.

Author Biography

Dr. Ruth Megaw is a Visiting Scholar at Flinders University.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Revised Edition	6	(9)
Introduction	9	(16)
The Antecedents of Celtic Iron Age Art	25	(26)
The Chieftainly Art of the Early La Tene Celts	51	(56)
The Arts of Expansion	107	(16)
The Sword Bearers: The Celts of the Later Third and Second Centuries BC	123	(30)
Cities, Centralization and Coinage	153	(36)
Insular Pre-Roman Celtic Art	189	(54)
Into the Christian Era	243	(14)
The Stone Knight and the Golden Bough: a Decade of New Discoveries	257	(21)
Chronological Table	278	(1)
Bibliography	279	(20)
Sources of Illustrations	299	(4)
Index	303