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Art of the Celts: 700 B.C. to A.D. 700 ISBN 13: 9780801448690

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Distributed in North America for Mercatorfonds.Celtic art is the first important contribution made by the peoples of Northern Europe to European art. In this book, masterpieces of Celtic art covering fourteen centuries from its origins in the early 7th century B.C. to its late blossoming in Irish book illumination in the period around A.D. 700 are presented. The exceptional pieces exemplifying this art are selected from all over Europe, from Scotland to Hungary. The puzzling and highly developed ornamental repertoire of the Celts is elucidated and made intelligible through original archaeological finds, diagrams and computer simulations.

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"This informative book begins in 700 B.C. with colorful display pottery and proceeds through the centuries to book illuminations created in Christian monasteries in the eighth century. Concentrating on ornamentation as the Celts' main form of expression, weapons, helmets, chariots, pottery, jewelery and coinage are shown in color and black-and-white photographs." The Globe and Mail (Toronto)"
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De vormtaal van de Kelten

De prachtige kunst van de Kelten blijft een enigma. Op het vlak van smeedkunst en stoffen kenden de Kelten hun gelijke niet, maar er is veel meer. Archeologische sporen zijn terug te vinden van Schotland tot in Turkije, van Galicië tot Hongarije. De Kelten werden gestimuleerd door hun Griekse en Etruskische invloeden. Daaruit onstond een eigen vormtaal. Het hoogtepunt van de Keltische kunst ligt in Middeneuropa tussen de vijfde en derde eeuw voor Christus. De traditie overleefde de Romeinse tijd en kent in de Ierse boekverluchting van 700 na christus een laatste opflakkering. De kunst van de Kelten was de eerste belangrijke bijdrage van het noorden aan de Europese kunst.

De mooiste kunstschatten van de oude Kelten zijn in dit omvattende boek verzameld: meesterwerken uit veertien eeuwen, topstukken uit heel Europa. De raadselachtige en hoogontwikkelde Keltische ornamentiek wordt archeologisch gedocumenteerd en met digitale grafiek voor kijker en lezer ontsloten. De politieke en maatschappelijke context van de Kelten wordt in korte teksten begrijpelijk gemaakt, de topwerken werden schitterend gefotografeerd.

Begeleidt de gelijknamige tentoonstelling in het Historisches Museum, Bern (18 juni-18 oktober 2009) en het Landesmuseums Württemberg, Stuttgart

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