Design and Techniques in Early Medieval Celtic Metalwork by Niamh Whitfield

Pindar Press
Design and Techniques in Early Medieval Celtic Metalwork by Niamh Whitfield
Design and Techniques in Early Medieval Celtic Metalwork by Niamh Whitfield
Product Specifications
  • Title: Design and Techniques in Early Medieval Celtic Metalwork by Niamh Whitfield
  • Author: Niamh Whitfield
  • Publisher: Pindar Press
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Art forms
  • No. of pages: 648
  • Dimensions (approx. mm): 240 x 170 x 44

Product Description

This book examines Early Medieval Celtic design in a European context its links to Anglo-Saxon and continental art and its debt to classical traditions. It spans topics including gold origins animal ornament evolution and design principles and explores early Irish texts on jewellery and clothing brooches as status symbols.