The significance of Celtic art for elite representation, religion and identities
5th–1st century B.C.
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Boar statuettes, like this example from the Stadonice oppidum in Bohemia, are typical of figural representations in late Celtic art.
© LEIZA / R. MüllerThe subject of Celtic art is examined from several aspects: What are the meanings of the basic symbols in the early Latène world? Which pictorial elements continued to be handed down over the centuries? In what context did Late Latène art, which has received little attention so far, develop? Early Latène art in particular – figurative representations as well as ornaments – has so far rarely been addressed. Celtic art here is part of self-assertion strategies vis-à-vis the Roman imagery, but these are only realised in selected groups of objects.
Within the framework of the investigations on Celtic art, it is possible to draw on the collection of the Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (copies) and the picture archive, both of which provide rich material due to the restoration work of recent decades.
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