Irish art
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Irish art is art produced in the island of Ireland, and by artists from Ireland. The term normally includes Irish-born artists as well as expatriates settled in Ireland. Its history starts around 3200
Christ Enthroned from the Book of Kells (9th century)
Gold lunula from Blessington, Ireland, Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age, c. 2400 BC – 2000 BC, Classical group
The Ardagh Chalice, c.? 750
Muiredach's High Cross at Monasterboice, 10th century
Gold lunula
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A gold lunula was a distinctive type of late Neolithic, Chalcolithic, and—most often—early Bronze Age necklace, collar, or pectoral shaped like a crescent moon. Most are from Prehistoric Ireland. They
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…gold personal ornaments began to be produced within about 200 years either side of 2000 BC, especially in the thin crescent-shaped gold disks known as lunulae, which were probably first made in Ireland, where over eighty of the around one hundred known examples were found. A range of thin decorated gold discs…
Provincial "dot-line" lunula from Kerivoa in Brittany, France
Lunula found in Scotland, 2300-2000 BC
Lusitanian silver lunula, Miranda do Corvo (Portugal)