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Christian Art
Celtic Crosses
Celtic Crosses
Pictish Cross Wall Relief
$34.95
The Celts were the ancient inhabitants of much of Europe. A spiritual people, they later merged their rich mythology with the Christian faith they embraced, creating a distinctive art seen especially in Ireland and Scotland. Celtic crosses began to appear in the 5th Century A.D., with a distinctive shape derived from a pagan sunwheel--originally a cross surrounded by a circle with a center stone representing the sun and mock suns at the four quarters. The central sun came to represent their Christian God. The cross represents eternal life, with the horizontal axis as the earthly realm and the vertical axis representing heaven, where they join is the union of heaven and earth. Interwoven knot and spiral motifs symbolize the cycle of life, death and rebirth. Celtic crosses often incorporate images of the crucifix, Biblical patriarchs and saints.
Bonded stone reproduction of a 950 A.D. Original--a monk's gravestone in County Offaly, Ireland. Various in-terpretations have been offered for the human figures: one suggests they are Adam and Eve and Cain and Abel;
Gallen Priory Cross Wall Relief
$34.95
another that they are man and woman, good and evil; four serpents coil in a spiral in the center, reaching out to menace or attack the human figures-- perhaps representing the never-ending battle of mankind against temptation.
#C-005S, 12" tall.
#C-005S, 12" tall.
their stone carvings. Reproduced in bonded stone with hand-finished details. #C-003S, 12" tall.
The Picts (meaning "the Painted Ones") were a powerful tribal federation north of the River Clyde in Scotland. Their style of Celtic cross incorporated animal images, and they were known for the detail and sophistication of
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