Showing The Art of the Picts: Sculpture and Metalwork in Early Medieval Scotland by George Henderson

Paperback. Pub Date: October 2011 Pages: 256 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Click on the Google Preview image above to the read some pages of this book! Drawing on their extensive research and expertise. renowned historians George and Isabel Henderson illuminate one of the great enigmas of medieval art: the unique metalwork and sculpture of the Picts. Tribal Celtic-speaking warriors and farmers in whatis now Scotland. the Picts were one of the major peoples of early medieval itain. but their culture and their beautiful art have puzzled historians for centuries.George and Isabel Henderson's acute analysis reveals an art form that both interacted with the currents of Insular art and was produced by a sophisticated society capable of sustaining large-scale art programs. The illustrations include specially commissioned drawings that help one understand the mysterious symbols found i...