Celtic Revival
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The Celtic Revival is a variety of movements and trends in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries that see a renewed interest in aspects of Celtic culture. Artists and writers drew on the traditions of Gae
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John Duncan Tristan & Isolde
'Bollelin' pewter plate designed by Archibald Knox
Druids Bringing in the Mistletoe (1890) by E. A. Hornel
High cross
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A high cross, or standing cross, is a free-standing Christian cross made of stone, often richly decorated. There was a unique early medieval tradition in Ireland and Great Britain of raising large scu
Celtic Revival
…to the Irish, whether positively or negatively, as a separate race. A widespread and still visible result of the revival was the reintroduction of the High cross as the Celtic cross, which now forms a familiar part of monumental and funerary art over much of the Western world. Research into the Gaelic and Brittonic…
Muiredach's High Cross, Monasterboice, 9th or 10th century
A simpler example, Culdaff, County Donegal, Ireland
Three views of the Northumbrian Easby Cross of 800–820
King Doniert's Stone in East Cornwall, ninth century