OF MONSTERS AND FLOWERS

A dramatic new style of imagery appeared in Europe twenty-five hundred years ago (Figure 1). Strange creatures, part human, part beast, were crafted onto gold and bronze jewelry and cast onto the handles and lids of bronze vessels. Metalsmiths created lush new forms of decoration—incised and relief...

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Published inHow Ancient Europeans Saw the World p. 1
Main Author PETER S. WELLS
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Princeton University Press 26.08.2012
Subjects
Alloys
Applied arts
Applied sciences
Archaeological paradigms
Archaeology
Arts
Behavioral sciences
Bracelets
Bronze age
Bronzes
Business
Clothing accessories
Clothing industry
Cognitive psychology
Communications
Consumer goods industries
Copper alloys
Decorative arts
Industrial sectors
Industry
Iron age
Jewelry
Language
Linguistics
Literary criticism
Literary studies
Literature
Manufacturing industries
Materials science
Metallurgy
Orthographies
Perception
Pottery
Psychology
Social sciences
Three age system
Written communication
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Summary:A dramatic new style of imagery appeared in Europe twenty-five hundred years ago (Figure 1). Strange creatures, part human, part beast, were crafted onto gold and bronze jewelry and cast onto the handles and lids of bronze vessels. Metalsmiths created lush new forms of decoration—incised and relief ornament based on floral motifs such as leaves and petals, with spirals, S-curves, and whirligigs decorating objects ranging from pottery to sword scabbards. This style was a radical departure from the forms of representation and decoration that preceded it. Throughout the Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age, representations of humans and
ISBN:0691143382
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