Decorated Skin: A World Survey of Body Art

Decorated Skin: A World Survey of Body Art
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"A beautiful and celebratory volume."â€•Explorer's Journal
Since earliest times, humans have decorated their skin in endless ways and for fascinating reasons. Laden with cultural messages and imbued with aesthetic experience, body decoration is the ultimate form of self-expression in which the artists create for themselves a "second skin" as a testimony to the society in which they live, as a mirror of their own individuality, and as a reflection of the supernatural. This unrivaled collection of striking photographs traces more than ten thousand years of cultural historyâ€•from the body painting of stone-age peoples to the self-inflicted piercing of punks and the enduring image of the carnival clown in modern industrial societyâ€•illustrating an art form that is finding new relevance in the world of today. To set the plates in context, a distinguished team of art historians, ethnologists, and archaeologists has provided enlightening commentaries that document the development of an extraordinary spectrum of body painting, tattooing, and scarring techniques.

Originally published in hardcover under the title Body Decoration: A World Survey of Body Art. 422 illustrations and photographs, 378 in color
Country USA
Manufacturer Thames & Hudson
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2002-04-17
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780500283288

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Thames & Hudson
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2002-04-17
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780500283288

Decorated Skin: A World Survey of Body Art

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