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Celts : art and identity

Title
Celts : art and identity / edited by Julia Farley and Fraser Hunter.
Publication
  • London : British Museum Press; 2015.
  • ©2015

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Additional Authors
  • Farley, Julia
  • Hunter, Fraser
  • British Museum, host institution.
  • National Museums of Scotland, host institution.
Description
304 pages : color illustrations, color maps; 26 cm
Summary
The real and imagined legacy of the ancient Celts has shaped modern identities across the British Isles and retains a powerful hold over the popular imagination. Furthermore, Celtic art is one of Europe's great artistic traditions, with the skills of Celtic craftspeople standing alongside the best of the ancient and medieval worlds. But who were the Celts? Drawing on the latest scholarship,the authors explore how the Celts have been defined differently from ancient times to the modern day. Over 250 remarkable objects have been selected from the collections of the British Museum, National Museums Scotland and other key European museums to richly illustrate the narrative and highlight the artistic accomplishments of craftspeople through the centuries.Here are iconic, intricately decorated masterpieces as well as less well-known fixtures and fittings; items of warfare and adornment; the ceremonial and the utilitarian.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Exhibition catalogs.
  • History.
Note
  • Catalog of the exhibitions in the British Museum, London, Sept . 9, 2015-Jan. 31, 2016 and and in the National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, March 11-Sept. 25, 2016.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-297) and indexes.
Contents
In search of the Celts -- Approaching Celtic art -- A connected Europe, c. 500-150 BC -- Powerful objects : the uses of art in the Iron age -- A changing world, c.150 BC -50 AD -- The impact of Romae, AD 50-250 -- Out of a Roman world, c. AD 250-650 -- At the western edge of the Christian world, c. AD 600-900 -- Tracing the Celts? Survival & transformation, c. AD 800-1600 -- The Celtic revival in Britain & Ireland : reconstructing the past, c. AD 1600-1920 -- Celtic arts in the long term : continuity, change & connections.
Call Number
JQF 17-245
ISBN
  • 9780714128351
  • 071412835X
  • 9780714128368
  • 0714128368
LCCN
9780714128351
OCLC
917376504
Title
Celts : art and identity / edited by Julia Farley and Fraser Hunter.
Publisher
London : British Museum Press; 2015.
Copyright Date
©2015
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-297) and indexes.
Added Author
Farley, Julia, editor.
Hunter, Fraser, editor.
British Museum, host institution.
National Museums of Scotland, host institution.
Other Standard Identifier
9780714128351
Research Call Number
JQF 17-245
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