The distinctive patterns of early celtic art are featured in 100 pages of illustrations taken mainly from artefacts of metalwork and pottery. The introduction shows how native elements in the art of tribes living in what is now the east of France and The distinctive patterns of early celtic art are featured in 100 pages of illustrations taken mainly from artefacts of metalwork and pottery. The introduction shows how native elements in the art of tribes living in what is now the east of France and the Rhineland combined from the 5th century BC with greek motives and oriental influence to create a brilliant new style, and traces its development up to the roman conquest of Europe in the 1st century BC. ...Continua Nascondi
