Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe Professor of Art History Sweet Briar College, Virginia Online since 24 October 1995 Art in Early Europe Last updated April 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 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 The Scythians (through the Silkroad Foundation) 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 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 Building an Iron Age Roundhouse, part of the 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 Iron Age Europe, 400 - 1 BCE (part of European Prehistoric Cultures in the exhibition Before History: Prehistoric Artifacts in the Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit College) 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 The Viking Ship Museum, Oslo, with links to The Oseberg Ship The Gokstad Ship The Tune Ship 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 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 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