Editing La Tène culture (section)

=== Art ===
{{see|Celtic art}}

La Tène [[metalworking|metalwork]] in bronze, iron and gold, developing technologically out of [[Hallstatt culture]], is stylistically characterized by inscribed and inlaid intricate spirals and interlace, on fine bronze vessels, helmets and shields, [[horse trappings]], and elite jewelry, especially the neck rings called [[torc]]s and elaborate clasps called ''[[Brooch|fibulae]]''. It is characterized by elegant, stylized curvilinear animal and vegetal forms, allied with the Hallstatt traditions of geometric patterning.

The Early Style of La Tène art and culture mainly featured static, geometric decoration, while the transition to the Developed Style constituted a shift to movement-based forms, such as [[triskeles]]. Some subsets within the Developed Style contain more specific design trends, such as the recurrent [[Serpentine shape|serpentine]] scroll of the Waldalgesheim Style.<ref>Harding, D. W. ''The Archaeology of Celtic Art''. New York: Routledge, 2007; other schemes of classification are available, indeed more popular; see [[Vincent Megaw]] in Garrow</ref>