Celtic and Anglo Saxon Art and Ornament in Full Color CD ROM and Book

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Celtic and Anglo Saxon Art and Ornament in Full Color CD ROM and Book

Author	: J. O. Westwood
File Size	: 41,8 Mb
Publisher	: Courier Corporation
Language	: English
Release Date	: 11 June 2008
ISBN	: 9780486997230
Pages	: 52 pages

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Celtic and Anglo Saxon Art and Ornament in Full Color CD ROM and Book by J. O. Westwood Book PDF Summary

Compiled from brilliant illuminated manuscripts such as The Book of Kells, this collection spotlights the Christian iconography of ancient Britain. These colorful ornaments date from the Roman occupation through the Norman conquest. Abounding in intertwined lacings, abstract animal figures, meticulously drawn letters, winding scrolls of foliate designs, and uniquely solemn religious imagery, they offer a wondrous variety of ancient ornamental artwork.

Celtic and Anglo Saxon Art and Ornament in Full Color CD ROM and Book by J. O. Westwood

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Celtic and Anglo Saxon Art and Ornament in Color by J. O. Westwood

Fifty-three full-color plates capture the earthy, often primitive art forms of ancient Irish and Anglo-Saxon culture. Selected from incredibly rare manuscripts, this wondrous variety of ornamental artwork is alive with intertwined lacings, abstract animals, and meticulously drawn and detailed letters, as well as solemn religious imagery.

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