Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe Professor of Art History Sweet Briar College, Virginia Online since 24 October 1995 Art in Early Europe Last updated November 2008 THIS PAGE Scythian Celtic Iron-Age Europe Anglo-Saxon Viking SITE INDEX Contents Page Prehistoric Art Ancient Near East Ancient Egyptian Art Ancient Greek Art Ancient Roman Art Art in Late Antiquity ART IN EARLY EUROPE Islamic Art Early Medieval Art Gothic Art Renaissance Art in Italy Renaissance Art Outside Italy Baroque Art 18th-Century Art 19th-Century Art 20th-Century Art Contemporary Art Chinese Art Japanese Art Art of India Art in Southeast Asia Art in Africa Art of the Americas Art of Pacific Cultures Museums & Galleries Prints & Photographs Research Resources Various & Miscellaneous Enter your search terms Submit search form Web witcombe.sbc.edu ewart.sbc.edu www.sbc.edu SCYTHIAN Top of page The Scythians in the The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia Gold of the Nomads Early Nomads of the Altaic Region (Scythian-Sakai period) in the The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia The Golden Deer of Eurasia: Scythian and Sarmatian Treasures from the Russian Steppes (exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York), with a list of images Stag Stag Amphora with mouflon-shaped handles Rhyton Shield Emblem Vessel depicting Scythians Comb with a Battle Scene (detail) Gold of the Nomads (an Athena Review report by Michele A. Miller of the exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum of Art) Art of the Scythians from Ukraine, Russia, and Hungary (through Art of the Steppe Nomads: From Scythians to Magyars by Gábor Lendvai) Stag 1. (from Hungary) Stag 2. (from Russia) Vessel Comb Bridle Plate Bracelets Plaque from a shield boss Recumbent Stags Pectoral Bracelet Phiale Plaque of a Scythian horseman Bowl Plaque of a bird of prey Bracelet Finials of a bracelet Ceremonial vessel Scythia (10th to 4th c. B.C.) (through Images from History) Scythians (part of Prehistoric Art (Virtual Museum), through Kemerovo State University, Russia) Pegasus The Pectoral from the Tolstaya Mogila Kelermes Mirror Kul-Oba Vessel Chertomlyk Scythian Slide Collection (Prof. John Haskins, Department of Art History, University of Pittsburgh) Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Group 9 Group 10 Group 11 Group 12 References CELTIC Top of page Celtic Art & Cultures (Dr. Dorothy Verkerk, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Images Celtic design Topics Hallstatt Elite Burials Celitc High Crosses Irish Monasteries Maps and Timelines La Tène-Kultur (in German) Hallstattkultur (in German) La Tène (in French) The Celtic Chieftain's Grave (through the Keltenmuseum Hochdorf, Eberdingen-Hochdorf, Germany), with links to The Grave Chamber Finds Celtic Art (in The George Ortiz Collection) La Tène and Romano-Celtic (through Images from History) Celtic Inscribed Stones, with a few images from recent fieldwork in Brittany and Munster The Celtic Coin Index Kernunnus Group, devoted to Celtic numismatics; Celtic Life and Culture: The Numismatic Evidence; Indo-European and Celtic Gods and Goddesses; and Greek and Roman Numismatics Celtic Improvisations, an art historical analysis of Coriosolite coins (John Hooker) IRON-AGE EUROPE Top of page Reconstructing an Iron Age Roundhouse, part of the British Prehistory page in the Ancient History section of the BBC's History site Iron-Age Europe (through Images from History), with links to: Late Bronze- and Early Iron-Age Europe (from c. 1300 B.C.) Germanic Europe Burgundians Alemanni Franks Vandals and North Africa Lombards Goths Anglo-Saxons Vendel Scandinavia Huns of the European Steppe Art of the Steppe Nomads: From Scythians to Magyars (Gábor Lendvai) Art of the Sarmatians Silver shield-boss Pieces from a queen's grave Pendants Art of the Steppe Nomads: The Xiongnu and the Huns Headwear Various pieces of jewelry from a prince's tomb Recumbent Stag Bronze Cauldron Plaque of a Belt Ear Ornaments Diadem Distorted skull Customs and Art of the Nomadic Magyars Strap End with Stag Saber Handle Saddle Ornaments Purse plate from Bezdéd Strap Ornaments Strap End ANGLO-SAXON Top of page Sutton Hoo (through the National Trust) Anglo-Saxon England, through the British Museum, London Sutton Hoo: The Grandest Anglo-Saxon burial of all (first of five pages) article in archaeology.co.uk VIKING Top of page Viking Art (through The Viking Age, part of the Viking Heritage Database) The Jorvik Viking Center, York, England, with a link to The Coppergate Dig The Vikings (through the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History) Vikings in the Ancient History section of the BBC's History site, including links to How Do We Know about the Vikings? Viking Weapons and Warfare Viking Money Viking Women The Cuerdale Hoard Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga (through the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC), with a link to Exhibit Highlights Journey of Discovery Recapturing the Past Going Viking Transforming Society Leaving Home Taking the North Atlantic Discovering North America Holding Fast at the World's End Runic Inscriptions (Pictures only) Norwegian Runic Inscriptions Swedish Runic Inscriptions Danish Runic Inscriptions Runic Inscriptions From Skåne, Halland and Blekinge Runic Inscriptions and Memorial Stones from Gotland Runic Inscriptions From Greenland Runic Inscriptions From Europe Top of page Free Content Images through Wikimedia Commons Images with no significant legal restrictions relative to freedom of use, redistribution and modification of content SCYTHIAN Scythia Scythians Art of Scythia CELTIC Celts Celtic art Celtic crosses Celtic steles Celtic torcs Celtic coins Gauls Hallstatt culture and artefacts La Tène culture and artefacts Lutetia IRON-AGE EUROPE Nordic Iron Age Gundestrup cauldron Lindholm Høje Vendel era Burgundians Goths Ostrogoths Visigoths architecture jewelry Maps of the Migration period Sarmatians ANGLO-SAXON Anglo-Saxons art illuminated manuscripts Benedictional of St Æthelwold (London, British Library, Additional MS 49598) British Library, Stowe 2 (Psalter) Lindisfarne Gospels Saint Petersburg Bede Book of Cerne (Cambridge University library, MS L1. 1. 10) Book of Nunnaminster (London, British Library, Harley Ms 2965) Stonyhurst Gospel Sutton Hoo Bayeux Tapestry VIKING Viking age Viking ships Gokstad ship Oseberg ship Tune ship Runestones Maps of the Viking age THIS PAGE Scythian Celtic Iron-Age Europe Anglo-Saxon Viking © Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe SITE INDEX Contents Page Prehistoric Art Ancient Near East Ancient Egyptian Art Ancient Greek Art Ancient Roman Art Art in Late Antiquity ART IN EARLY EUROPE Islamic Art Early Medieval Art Gothic Art Renaissance Art in Italy Renaissance Art Outside Italy Baroque Art 18th-Century Art 19th-Century Art 20th-Century Art Contemporary Art Chinese Art Japanese Art Art of India Art in Southeast Asia Art in Africa Art of the Americas Art of Pacific Cultures Museums & Galleries Prints & Photographs Research Resources Various & Miscellaneous Enter your search terms Submit search form Web witcombe.sbc.edu ewart.sbc.edu www.sbc.edu