Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Art and Ornament (Dover Pictorial Archives)

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It is the beautiful use of minute and expertly arranged main points that lends such marvelous beauty to the art of early Anglo-Saxon and Celtic cultures. From the fifth during the eighth centuries, Irish and Anglo-Saxon artists originated, cultivated, and perfected a style of art unparalleled and completely distinct from that of another a part of the arena. Selected from incredibly rare illuminated manuscripts, this volume spotlights a wondrous number of that ancient ornamental artwork.
Characteristically mingling decoration, script, and text, the fifty-three full-color plates shown here are alive with intertwined lacings, abstract animal figures, meticulously drawn letters, winding scrolls of foliate designs, and uniquely solemn non secular imagery. For enthusiasts of such Celtic masterworks as The Book of Kells, in addition to art students, designers, and art historians, this visual feast offers a wealth of insight into the way and evolution of a deeply inspiring—and much loved—antique cultural art.
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