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Fifty years of reading early Celtic art

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8042704
AutoresRuth Megaw (Flinders University), Vincent Megaw (Flinders University)
Año1994
Volumen25
Número3
Páginas287-303
Fecha de publicación1994-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaWorld Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375
EditorialRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00438243.1994.9980246
OpenAlexW1972470404
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas29

As a prelude to preparing a Supplement to Paul Jacobsthal's fundamental study, Early Celtic Art, appropriate definitions are reviewed as well as half‐a‐ccntury of work on what continues to be termed ‘Celtic’ or, more specifically, ‘early La Tène’ art. This is set against more general questions concerning approaches to prehistoric, non‐Western and specifically Australian indigenous art. Despite obvious problems in the definition and recognition in the archaeological record of cultural entities ‐ as opposed to merely conventional labelling ‐ the reality of the concept of La Tène art as an over‐arching manifestation of visual and cultural identity is maintained. The problems of how best to ‘read’ such material remain

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Art history · Celtic languages · Identity (music · Indigenous · Linguistics · Literature · Prehistory · Reading (process · Visual arts · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Classics · History · Philosophy · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology