... ours did. Around 700 BCE there were Compass-drawn decorations, compositions based on axial symmetry; gold torques, chariot fittings and phalera, belt-hooks, scabbards, wine jugs, and sculptures mainly in geometric designs. Then around 400 BCE compositions with radial symmetry alongside those with axial symmetry; red enamel; helmets, sheathes and scabbards, torques, armlets, and red-figure vases appeared. At 450 BCE ... an unusual shape of three Ds, one on top of the other. This is a Claddagh ring, representing friendship, loyalty, and love. The picture is from website 8. Celtic art isn'...

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... be seen from above. Individual steps were not nearly as significant as the overall floor patterns created which had symbolic meanings for the audience. These were based on combinations of geometric shapes such as squares, circles and triangles. Such combinations included two triangles within a circle, which portrayed a monarch's supreme power. Unlike any other production before this point in history, Ballet Comique de ... ...

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... for their talent as copyists and scribes with the artistry displayed in the calligraphy and decorating of manuscripts. Manuscripts were covered in elaborate letters and patterns. Often they would use geometric shapes interwoven with naturalistic figures such as birds, leaves, flowers and reptiles. The book of Keels, part of the Irish Bible, thought to be written between c900-1000 and the Lindisfarne ... ...

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