Celtic Art in Pagan and Christian Times

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Author

Allen, J. Romilly (John Romilly), 1847-1907

Title

Celtic art in Pagan and Christian times

Original Publication

London: Methuen & Co., 1904.

Credits

Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

N: Fine Arts

Subject

Art, Celtic

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 76733

Release Date

August 26, 2025

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.CELTIC ART IN PAGAN AND CHRISTIAN TIMES
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.Untitled
6. 6.PREFACE
7. 7.Untitled
8. 8.CHAPTER I THE CONTINENTAL CELTS AND HOW THEY CAME TO BRITAIN — THE CELTS A BRANCH OF THE ARYAN FAMILY OF NATIONS — THE CELT AS DESCRIBED BY GREEK AND ROMAN AUTHORS — THE CELTS AS REPRESENTED IN GREEK AND ROMAN ART — THE CELT AS REVEALED BY ARCHÆOLOGICAL RESEARCH — INVASION OF BRITAIN BY GOIDELIC CELTS IN THE BRONZE AGE — THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE BRONZE AGE IN EUROPE
9. 9.CHAPTER II PAGAN CELTIC ART IN THE BRONZE AGE
10. 10.CHAPTER III PAGAN CELTIC ART IN THE EARLY IRON AGE — INTRODUCTION OF THE USE OF IRON INTO BRITAIN BY THE BRYTHONIC CELTS, CIRCA B.C. 300 — NATURE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH HAVE LED TO THE FINDS OF OBJECTS OF THE EARLY IRON AGE IN GREAT BRITAIN — GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE FINDS OF OBJECTS OF THE EARLY IRON AGE — FINDS OF CELTIC COINS IN BRITAIN — GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF FINDS OF OBJECTS OF THE LATE-CELTIC PERIOD IN GREAT BRITAIN [159] — EVIDENCE AS TO DATES OF FINDS OF OBJECTS OF THE EARLY IRON AGE IN GREAT BRITAIN
11. 11.CHAPTER IV PAGAN CELTIC ART IN THE EARLY IRON AGE — POTTERY AND GLASS — WOODWORK, BONEWORK, AND THE KIMMERIDGE SHALE INDUSTRY — STONEWORK
12. 12.CHAPTER V PAGAN CELTIC ART IN THE EARLY IRON AGE — TECHNICAL PROCESSES EMPLOYED DURING THE EARLY IRON AGE IN BRITAIN — LEADING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LATE-CELTIC STYLE OF ART
13. 13.CHAPTER VI CELTIC ART OF THE CHRISTIAN PERIOD — THE INTRODUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY INTO BRITAIN, AND ITS EFFECT ON NATIVE ART — GENERAL NATURE OF THE MATERIALS AVAILABLE FOR THE STUDY OF CELTIC ART OF THE CHRISTIAN PERIOD IN GREAT BRITAIN
14. 14.CHAPTER VII CELTIC ART OF THE CHRISTIAN PERIOD — TECHNICAL PROCESSES AND MATERIALS EMPLOYED DURING THE CHRISTIAN CELTIC PERIOD IN GREAT BRITAIN — THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY CHRISTIAN ART IN GREAT BRITAIN
15. 15.CHAPTER VIII CELTIC ART OF THE CHRISTIAN PERIOD — INTERLACED-WORK — STEP-PATTERNS — KEY-PATTERNS — SPIRAL ORNAMENT — ZOÖMORPHIC DESIGNS — ANTHROPOMORPHIC DESIGNS — FOLIAGE — SYMBOLICAL FIGURE-SUBJECTS
16. 16.INDEX
17. 17.Untitled
18. 18.Untitled
19. 19.Untitled

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