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Captain Bret's Tattoo Shop - 2 Collins St. Newport, Rhode Island Next door to Newport Police Department 401-846-4488
We specialize in historic and accurate Celtic style Tattooing. Our business strives to provide our customers with the finest Celtic Tattoos. Historically significant and accurate Tribal style Tattooing is our goal.
We also do other styles of Tattooing, Colored to Gray Work, Fine Line to Power Lined, elaborate script names to extremely fancy Old English names. We will fix your old work to reflect a more modern style.
At our site you will find interesting pages relating to Celtic Tattoo History and Symbolism
Look at our page relating to Tribal Tattoo History and symbolism also.
Mystic River Tattoo
Sean Penn Back Tattoo
Tattoo that Captain Bret Designed that was used in Clint Eastwood's movie"MYSTIC RIVER" staring Sean Penn as the character "Jimmy Markum" a South Boston Irish mobster with this celtic styled cross Tattooed on his back
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Celtic Tattoo Designs
& Celtic Tattoos
The history of the Celtic Tattoo
Designs and Celtic people goes back some thousands of years. At one time all of Europe was
Celtic. England was ruled entirely by Celts. Eventually the Romans, Angles and Saxons came
and pushed the Celts to the north and west. One of the great
Celtic events of history was the Fifth-Century battle
between King Arthur and his Celtic army against the dark pagan hordes in England (as
the Celts termed the non-Celtic peoples). The Celts considered King Arthur’s loss to
be the death of civilization. King Arthur himself remains an important figure in Celtic
legend. The original historic story is now much embroidered with medieval knights and
traditions.
The ancient Celtic Art was full of interlacing
patterns, elaborate knot work, spirals, animal forms and animal zoomorphics, and color.
The early Celts displayed their art especially in metal: jewelry, weapons (they were
fierce warriors), figurines and pots are some of the many artifacts that come to light.
When Christianity came to the Celtic lands of Britain and Ireland, the monks of the
seventh century adapted the ancient Celtic art forms to the new religion. The Celtic
cross and the Tree of Life, for example came from this marriage. Writing also came to the
Celts for the first time. The most famous manuscript by the monks is the beautiful Book of
Kells, on display in the library of Trinity College in Dublin.
Celtic Tattoo Designs are very popular and by great
demand we have focused our energy to add more Celtic tattoos and images for you on our CD.
Celtic tattoos are one of the oldest forms of Tattooing in the history of mankind. Celtic
Tattoo Designs were originated in the North of England
The Celts transmitted their culture orally, never
writing down history or facts. This accounts for the extreme lack of knowledge about them
prior to their contact with the classical civilizations of Greece and Rome. They were
generally well educated, particularly on topics such as religion, philosophy, geography
and astronomy. The Romans often employed Celtic tutors for their sons, many of
these tutors were Druid priests. Religion was a force in Celtic culture. The Druids were
their priestly caste. The Celts were extremely superstitious.
The ancient Celtic Art was full of interlacing patterns, elaborate knot work,
spirals, animal forms and animal zoomorphics, and color. The early Celts displayed their
art especially in metal: jewelry, weapons (they were fierce warriors), figurines and pots
are some of the many artifacts that come to light.
Apart from Tribal Tattoo Designs, Celtic Tattoos are becoming more popular.