Almost 250 Bronze Age objects from across Europe are illustrated in this stunning book. Highlighting the major artistic and cultural and technological achievements of the period, the world renowned contributors discuss the advent of bronze metallurgy and technological development in the working of other metals, the use of new and foreign raw materials, new ideologies in artistic expression and higher levels of skill and craftmanship displayed. A superb book which we highly recommend. Also available in French.

Gods and Heroes of the European Bronze Age

Arts & Photography

Eluère, Christiane

Jensen, Jörgen

Mohen, Jean-Pierre

Demakopoulous, Katie

Kemakopoulous, Katie

Jockenhovel, Albrecht

History & Criticism

Thames and Hudson

Lovers of gold, wine and war, the Celts have no voice because they have left no written records. Much of what we know of them comes from their enemies the Romans, who finally crushed them, and from the weapons and ornaments they buried with their dead. From these traces we can now resurrect a sophisticated people who dominated Europe for 500 years. These highly cultured "barbarians", with their exquisite jewellery and metalwork, were eventually driven to the edges of the known world - yet were destined to shine out once more in the art of Celtic Christianity.

The Celts First Masters of Europe (New Horizons) /anglais

History

Europe

Thames&Hudson

This little colour illustrated guide introduces the history of the Celts, from the birth of a warrior aristocracy to their conflict with Rome. Eluere looks at the Celts' historical, artistic and archaeological legacy. A short section at the end contins doucmentary evidence and extracts from secondary sources.

The Celts: Conquerors of Ancient Europe (Discoveries (Abrams))

Ancient Civilizations

Harry N. Abrams

Achilles, Odysseus, and the other heroes of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey fought with shields and swords of bronze. What was the world like in those mythic days, when the rival Greek cities of Troy and Mycenae battled for supremacy, and, far to the west, unknown engineers raised the megaliths of Stonehenge? What do we know of even earlier times, when the settled peoples of Europe first replaced their crude stone tools with those made of refined metal, and crafted ornaments of beaten copper and gold? Archaeologists date the Bronze Age in Europe from about the 5th to the 1st millennium BC. That span of time saw dramatic changes in civilizations from the Atlantic Ocean to the Black Sea, and from Scandinavia to the Aegean. The discovery of bronze, an alloy of copper and tin, was remarkable technological development, permitting the casting of much stronger tools and weapons. Across Europe, the peoples of the Bronze Age forged metal and traded its products, raised monolithic standing stones, practiced similar funerary and religious rites, and decorated their products with the same motifs and symbols. From Cretan palaces to Swiss lakeside dwellings, a common culture arose. As they explore the epic of the Bronze Age, the archaeologists Jean-Pierre Mohen and Christiane Eluere take us back beyond the borders of history.

Discoveries: The Bronze Age in Europe

L'Europe des Celtes

Reference

Gallimard]

L'Europe de l'âge du bronze: Le temps des héros

Das Gold Der Kelten

Hirmer Verlag Munchen

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