The Art of the Picts: Sculpture and Metalwork in Early Medieval Scotland

by George Henderson and Isabel Henderson

Book Overview

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 what is now Scotland, the Picts were one of the major peoples of early medieval Britain, but their culture and their beautiful art have puzzled historians for centuries. George and Isabel Henderson's acute...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500289638
• ISBN13: 9780500289631
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.7" x 10.9"