An accessible, beautifully designed introduction to Celtic art, written by the world expert, this book offers a carefully chosen sequence of 250 masterpieces ranging from the fifth century BC to the eighth century AD. The great variety and full range of Celtic artistic production is represented from stone sculptures, terracotta vases and iron swords to amber necklaces, golden torques, bronze fibulas and illuminated manuscripts. Specially commissioned photography and lavish reproductions celebrate and reinforce the delicacy and beauty of Celtic art. This volume spans the entire Celtic world...

Quentin Tarantino (b. 1963) began his career with one of the most profitable films in the history of independent cinema "Reservoir Dogs" in 1992 and won a Palme d Or for "Pulp Fiction" two years later, at the age of 31. Somehow he has continued to top himself, reinventing his turbulent, provocative, inventive, musical style with each film. As much a virtuoso writer of dialogue as he is a crazy pyromaniac, Tarantino easily jumps genres from unforgettable female heroine stories ("Jackie Brown" in 1997 and "Kill Bill Volumes I and II" in 2003 and 2004) to explosive historical epics...

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