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Celtic and Old Norse Designs (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)

By Courtney Davis

Book information

Publisher
Dover Publications
Year
2000
ISBN
9780486412290, 0486412296
Open Library ID
OL7638135M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
3 MB (2993061 bytes)
Series
Dover Pictorial Archive Series
Pages
46\46
Topic
Computers
Time added
2014-10-05 02:30:00

Description

I bought this book looking for inspiration for a Celtic or Viking tattoo design. Hearing what a revered artist Courtney Davis was, I thought I couldn't go wrong with this book. Unfortunately, all the drawings were incredibly unsophisticated and they remind me more of an amateur's work (perhaps at copying Courtney Davis). All of the designs were in black and white and many of them were just plain - and I *do* mean plain - knotwork patterns better suited to tablecloths than tattoos. There is none of the beautiful intricacy you find in real Celtic art - almost all of the patterns have huge unfilled or "blackened" spaces. If you're looking for inspiration in Celtic design, buy a reproduction of the Book of Kells. I know that will put the shoddiness of this work to light. I suspect this was just a cheap attempt at making money and that Courtney himself does not prize this work. The good news is - it's cheap, so it wasn't a total waste.

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