Celtic art
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Celtic art is associated with the peoples known as Celts; those who spoke the Celtic languages in Europe from pre-history through to the modern period, as well as the art of ancient peoples whose lang
The reverse side of the British Desborough Mirror, 50 BC – 50 AD, showing the spiral and trumpet decorative theme of the late "Insular" La Tène style
Muiredach's High Cross, Ireland, early 10th century
Carved stone ball from Towie in Aberdeenshire, dated from 3200 to 2500 BC
Stone head from Mšecké Žehrovice, Czech Republic, wearing a torc, late La Tène culture
La Tène culture
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The La Tène culture was a European Iron Age culture. It developed and flourished during the late Iron Age, succeeding the early Iron Age Hallstatt culture without any definite cultural break, under co
Celtic art
…until the conquest by the Roman Empire of most of the territory concerned, and art historians typically begin to talk about "Celtic art" only from the La Tène period (broadly 5th to 1st centuries BC) onwards. Early Celtic art is another term used for this period, stretching in Britain to about 150 AD. The…
Agris Helmet, France, c. 350 BC
1910 illustration of a Gallic chief
Model of the Roman siege of Avaricum, France, during the Gallic War (52 BC)
Bronze chariot fitting from Roissy, France, 3rd century BC