Complete the sentences below, using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

The Iron Age and La Tne Art

1. The La Tne style of Celtic art was named after a site in Switzerland.
2. The style was influenced heavily by vegetable and floral designs of classical art of the Mediterranean world.
3. The La Tne Art showed a particular preference for the use of curved lines in designs that were often laid out using a
compass.
4. In Ireland, decoration in the La Tne style is applied to fine metalwork, stonework and manuscripts.
5. During the 3rd century BC, Irish metalsmiths had mastered the techniques of smelting and forging tools and weapons
of iron.

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During the 3rd century BC, an art style appeared in Ireland that had been developed centuries earlier by Celtic peoples in
central Europe. It is known as the La Tne style, after the site in Switzerland where objects decorated in the style were
found. The style was influenced heavily by vegetable and floral designs of classical art of the Mediterranean world.
However, unlike classical designs which were naturalistic, La Tne Art developed a more abstract version that showed a
particular preference for the use of curved lines. These were used in designs that were often laid out using a compass.
In Ireland, La Tne ornament continued to be an important component of the Christian art of the early medieval period,
used to decorate fine metalwork, stonework and manuscripts. By the time La Tne Art appeared in Ireland during the 3rd
century BC, metalsmiths had mastered the techniques of smelting and forging tools and weapons of iron. This period up
to the introduction of Christianity, in the 5th century AD, is referred to as the Iron Age.