Sandars, N. K. (1971). Orient and orientalising in Early Celtic art. Antiquity 45. Vol 45, pp. 103-112.
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Orient and orientalising in Early Celtic art | ||
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Antiquity 45 | ||
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Antiquity | ||
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45 | ||
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103 - 112 | ||
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It has been accepted since Jacobsthal (1944) that there was an Eastern influence on Early Celtic art; the means by which this probably came about is now explored. The most critical formative period for La Tène art lies between 520 and 450 BC. At that time Persian influence was pressing westwards into Thrace and Macedonia, princely gifts were exchanged, and the great treasure of the Achaemenian army was lost to Greeks and Thracians. Another influence disseminated to Central European craftsmen came from the Scyths, who moved westwards into the Hungarian Plain with their own distinctive art style as well as with treasures obtained from the Middle East. Key objects in tracing these influences include drinking-horns, torcs, animal-shaped handles for vessels, and distinctive Oriental details like curly horns and emphasised limb-joints. These traits, largely ignored by the Greeks, were enthusiastically absorbed and transformed by Celtic craftsmen. In Romania and the Balkans, however, a similar set of influences produced the less well-assimilated style seen eventually in the Gundestrup cauldron. | ||
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1971 | ||
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05 Dec 2008 |
