Celtic art : from its beginnings to the Book of Kells / Ruth and Vincent Megaw
1994, Reprinted. New York, N.Y. : Thames and Hudson. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #325254
ISBN: 0500275858
Physical description: 288 pages: illustrations (some color); 26 cm. Notes: Originally published: 1989.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-276) and index. Contents:
The antecedents of Celtic Iron Age art -- The chieftainly art of the early La Tène Celts -- The arts of expansion -- The sword bearers : the Celts of the later third and second centuries BC -- Cities, centralization, and coinage -- Insular pre-Roman Celtic art -- Into the Christian era.
Subjects: Book of Kells.
Art, Celtic. Civilization, Celtic. Celtic antiquities.
Europe Celtic visual arts.
British art. Genre: Bibliography. History.
Illustrated.
Price: €28.00