Iron Age

500BC-450AD

Arrival of the Celts

• Hallstatt Celts originate from the area around Hallstatt in central Austria.• La Tène Celts are named after

a site near Lake Neuchâtel in Switzerland.

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Impact on artwork

• The arrival of the Le Tène Celts to Ireland had a huge impact on the artwork produced in Ireland.

• The Le Tène style of decoration shows the influence of the contact of the Le Tène Celts with the Mediterranean and the east including Greece.

Definition of the Le Tène style

• A varied and repetitive decorative style. The La Tène style is the first example of representational art in Ireland. There are many motifs based on natural forms such as honeysuckle and flowing tendrils of organic forms. These create a semi-abstract, curvilinear style known as the Waldalgesheim style.

Iron Age Artefacts in Bronze & GoldPetrie Crown

Broighter Hoard

Loughnashade trumpet

• It is also the first time we see examples of figurative artwork.•We particularly see them in

the stone carving of the time.

Boa Island totem

Broighter Collar

The Broighter Hoardhttp://irisharchaeology.ie/2012/09/the-broighter-hoard/

• http://www.museum.ie/en/list/artefacts.aspx?article=9b22131b-d736-42e1-9e75-cc61d37c1ad7

• http://www.100objects.ie/portfolio-items/loughnashade-trumpet/http://www.100objects.ie/portfolio-items/loughnashade-trumpet/

The Loughnashade Trumpet

This trumpet, found in co. Armagh, originally

probably had a second part to it. This

would have created an S-shaped bend in

the trumpet.

Technique

• The trumpet has a long slender tube which is made of a sheet of BRONZE.

• This artefact is a great example of RIVETING. The seam on the tube is fastened by more than 600 of them.

• There is a decorated flange (a projected rim) which is decorated in a La Téne design which was applied using répousse.

Decoration

• The flanged rim displays a symmetrical design, unusual in La Téne decoration.

• The répousse technique results in high-relief curvilinear designs.

• Raised bosses are attached to the ends of the organic motifs.

The Petrie Crown

Lisnacrogher Scabbard

http://www.unc.edu/celtic/catalogue/scabbards/

Stone Carving

• There had been limited amounts of stone art in the Bronze Age

• The Iron Age sees a return to stone carving and in particular the rise of figurative sculptures

Bronze Age Stone carving

Iron Age Stone Art

Boa Island figure, Fermanagh

The Turoe Stone

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3HYE_Q_Tmc