Binding: Paperback EAN: 9780942324099 ISBN: 0942324099 Label: The Drawing Center Manufacturer: The Drawing Center Number Of Pages: 52 Publication Date: January 01, 1994 Publisher: The Drawing Center Sales Rank: 1396726 Studio: The Drawing Center
Amazon.com ReviewTattooing is not only widely practiced, but in recent years has become quite fashionable. Accordingly, over the course of this century, designs for tattoos have evolved from standardized 'flash' to completely customized work that allows for more detail, creativity, and even abstract painterly effects. With its curious collection of imagery, including vintage freak show advertisements, this book explores the development of the iconography of the tattoo and examines the age-old rite and tradition of embellishing the human body with images, words, and designs. Completely absorbing, the book traces the remarkable changes in tattoo styles and practices in the past several decades that have contributed significantly to this medium's ever-growing popularity and diversity. Particularly fascinating is a chapter devoted to tattooed women that includes photographs from the turn of the century to the present.
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Rating: - An excellent book for anyone interested in tattoos
After visiting the Pierced Hearts and True Love exibit at our local art gallery I bought and fell in love with this book. Very tasteful and well thought out. An inspiration for a person considering a tattoo. Very thought provoking.
