Celtic art
Spirals and interlace
Celtic art refers to the decorative traditions of Celtic peoples from the Iron Age through the medieval period, characterized by intricate interlacing patterns, spirals, knotwork, and stylized animal and plant forms.
The style avoids straight lines and naturalistic representation, favoring endless loops and abstract complexity.
Celtic art survives in metalwork, illuminated manuscripts like the Book of Kells, and stone crosses.
The term also covers modern revivals: Celtic art tattoos, Celtic art jewelry.
- knotworkDecorative intertwined patterns
- broochesOrnamental clasped jewelry
- La TèneLate Iron Age culture
- interlaceWeave elements together
- Hallstatt cultureEarly Iron Age civilization
spiral patterns · manuscripts · spirals · Book of Kells · zoomorphic · triskele · crosses · Iron Age · illuminated manuscripts · filigree · bronze mirrors · Middle Ages · whorls · serpentine · archaeology · ancient Ireland · stone carvings · gold
- Celtic RevivalW.B. Yeats, Irish literature, Irish mythology, Irish poetry, Irish folklore
- Irish cultureshamrock, shamrocks, leprechaun, leprechauns, Irish dance
- world art
- World Artsimpressionism, ukiyo-e, Persian miniatures, icon painting, woodblock prints
- folk artsfolk opera, folk theater, Navajo weaving, folk song, Amish quilts
- Celtic heritageCelts, druids, bards, Ireland, Scotland
art, insular art, Gaelic, Celtic, Celt, Gallic, Celtic knots, Celtic cross, Celtic knot