The Celts: Life, Myth, and Art - Hardcover

Wood, Juliette

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 155670822X ISBN 13: 9781556708220

Publisher: Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1998

Synopsis

Celebrates the Celtic culture and its contributions through an exploration of its cultural heroes, myths, beliefs, and traditions, while also presenting an illustrated review of its artwork and weaponry.

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Review:

The Celts once populated an area rivaling the Roman empire at its peak, yet our knowledge of them is limited to secondhand accounts, a few written records, and beautiful artifacts scattered from Turkey to Ireland. Somehow these people still capture our imagination and challenge us to fathom their mysteries. Juliette Wood has accepted the challenge, offering panoramic photographs of the Celtic landscape and samples of their intricate artwork--from silver jewelry buried with princes to the illustrations of the Book of Kells. However, The Celts: Life, Myth, and Art explores much more than just the tangible side of the Celtic history; it reveals how the Celts saw the mysteries of the spirit world woven into the intricacies of the physical world like the never-ending line of the eternal knot. --Brian Patterson

About this edition

• Publisher: Stewart Tabori & Chang
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 155670822X
• ISBN 13: 9781556708220
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 144