The Art Isles: A 15,000-Year Story of Art in Britain and Ireland

The British Isles hold a unique position in the history of art, a place where local traditions fuse with international ideas. At once isolated by coastal boundaries, yet also part of larger networks of diverse peoples, these islands have always benefited from a dual perspective.

Artistic creativity in the British Isles stretches back to Ice Age engravings of reindeer, horses, and birds. International networks were already shaping prehistoric art and by 1,000 CE artists working in Britain and...