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European Influence on Celtic Art, L. Laing: Hardback: 1st Edition: Scottish Art
European Influence on Celtic Art, L. Laing: Hardback: 1st Edition: Scottish Art
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European Influence on Celtic Art
By Lloyd Laing.
Published by Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2010. First edition. Hardback cover with dust jacket (unclipped), 247 pages. Black & white illustrations throughout.
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Overall very good condition, just some slight rumpling to top edge of dustjacket and one small tear to dustjacket at top of spine - see photos. No names or writing. Images crisp & clear throughout.
After decades of speculation and confusion about the nature of Celtic art, current studies reveal hidden meanings, symbols and codes that early medieval artists incorporated into individual art- works such as manuscripts, brooches and intricately carved stone monuments. This book discusses how visual imagery, ornament and techniques of production were drawn from international sources, notably the Classical world, Frankish Gaul, Byzantium, the Eastern Mediterranean and Viking Scandinavia. From the Iron Age to the twelfth century, powerful patrons - kings, warriors and church leaders drove the art forms that deliberately conveyed Strong messages
about society and beliefs.
Lloyd Laing is associate professor of archaeology in the University of Nottingham, and is the author and co-author of several books about Early Christian Celts.
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