A Picture Book of Ancient British Art

by Stuart Piggott and Glyn E. Daniel

Book Overview

Originally published in 1951, this book contains seventy-three pictures of treasures found in Britain - things that have survived from ancient prehistoric times, made with care and made to be beautiful. These discoveries have kept their attraction for us; the prehistoric and modern craftsman speak a common language; much of what was beautiful by ancestral standards remains so to us. Most of the treasures shown are to be seen in England in museums...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521176409
• ISBN13: 9780521176408
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 90 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.4" x 9.7"