Introduction: context, connections and scale
Around 500 BC a new mode of visual expression emerged in Europe. To the north of the Alps, craftspeople began to decorate objects in ways that were strikingly different from the long-standing traditions of the preceding millennia (e.g. Garrow & Gosden 2012, 40–41; Jacobsthal 1944, 155–58; Wells...
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Oxbow Books
2019
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| Summary: | Around 500 BC a new mode of visual expression emerged in Europe. To the north of the Alps, craftspeople began to decorate objects in ways that were strikingly different from the long-standing traditions of the preceding millennia (e.g. Garrow & Gosden 2012, 40–41; Jacobsthal 1944, 155–58; Wells 2008; 2012; Chapter 3, this volume). Whereas the artistic styles of the Bronze Age had been built around repetitive arrangements of geometric motifs, this new style was founded on swirling patterns and imagery where the boundaries between individuals (both human and animal) and objects are blurred. It also presented an increasingly sharp... |
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