Paperback. Pub Date: 2000 Pages: 224 in Publisher: THAMES Info & HUDSON What are the threads that the bind Scottish Art into a single tradition Certain stylistic features. such as the heritage of Celtic design with its emphasis on A touch of. pattern to recur throughout the centuries. most clearly. perhaps. in Mackintosh's Art Nouveau. At a deeper level. Scottish artists have continually returned to certain themes and ideas. or aspects of landscape and history: the presence of the sea and the rocky Scottish coastline. the hardships of the people. incidents from their history. and portraits of those who have formed Scottish culture. A close connection with France has also been surprisingly persistent. from medieval times to the present. All these factors have formed the character of Scottish art. but at the same time it is rich in distinctive personalities and individual geni...