Fülszöveg
Gyula László
The Art
of the Migration Period
This book, the latest by Gyula László,
Professor of Archaeology at Budapest
University, offers a comprehensive
view of the art of the peoples of the
Migration Period. Using the great melt-
ing pot of Europe, the Carpathian
Basin, as his special area of reference
and with thirty-seven years of archae-
ological experience to his credit, the
author examines and interprets strap
ends, buckles, pottery, jewelry, saddles,
sabers, and many other exquisite finds.
His observations show the common
heritage of the peoples of Europe, Asia,
and the East, and they give the Migra-
tion Period a human nearness.
The work, which is rich in novel
ideas, falls into three main parts. The
first, ''Farming and Livestock Breed-
ing," reviews the movements of the
Huns, the Avars, the Germanic peoples,
the Slavs, and Arpád's Magyars and
discusses their way of life and the de-
velopment of their art. The artistic tech-
niques used...
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Fülszöveg
Gyula László
The Art
of the Migration Period
This book, the latest by Gyula László,
Professor of Archaeology at Budapest
University, offers a comprehensive
view of the art of the peoples of the
Migration Period. Using the great melt-
ing pot of Europe, the Carpathian
Basin, as his special area of reference
and with thirty-seven years of archae-
ological experience to his credit, the
author examines and interprets strap
ends, buckles, pottery, jewelry, saddles,
sabers, and many other exquisite finds.
His observations show the common
heritage of the peoples of Europe, Asia,
and the East, and they give the Migra-
tion Period a human nearness.
The work, which is rich in novel
ideas, falls into three main parts. The
first, ''Farming and Livestock Breed-
ing," reviews the movements of the
Huns, the Avars, the Germanic peoples,
the Slavs, and Arpád's Magyars and
discusses their way of life and the de-
velopment of their art. The artistic tech-
niques used during the period are the
subject of the second part. "Mythol-
ogy," the third part, analyses the com-
mon folklore of the period, its origins,
and its influence on the art of the time.
Many of the finds reproduced in this
volume are aesthetically evaluated, and
the discussion of their spiritual signifi-
cance helps us to relate them to the
human element of all time.
Vissza