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Decorated Skin: A World Survey of Body Art

Door Karl Gröning

Categorie	Mode, Kostuums & Verzorging
Boeknummer	#334488-MA3
Titel	Decorated Skin: A World Survey of Body Art
Auteur	Gröning, Karl
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	London : Thames and Hudson
Jaar van uitgave	1997
ISBN10	0500017751
ISBN13	9780500017753
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original decorated boards, dust jacket, illustrated with numerous (full page) colour photographs, small folio.
Samenvatting	The decoration of the human body is one of the oldest art forms known to man. As primitive cave paintings show, its history dates back at least 10,000 years, and it has remained with us as a means of cultural expression. This volume presents some of the finest examples of body art of the past and present, taken from all over the globe. Ranging from Australian Aborigines and the Papuans of New Guinea, via the Americans and Africa to India and the Far East, it is a voyage of discovery ending in the present-day "civilized world" with its carnival ceremonies and its made-up clowns, mimes and dancers - the remnants of a tradition which is now re-emerging in the urban western world. Anthropologists, specializing in the various geographical areas, provide commentaries to accompany the p... (Lees verder)ictures which document body painting, and also the wide variety of scarring and tatooing techniques found throughout the world. Two developments in the "civilized world" - anthropological research and tourism - have left their mark on tribal life and modified cultural traditions of the past; this book is not only a documentation of historical art forms, but also an illustration of subtle processes of change and new present-day forms of artistic expression.
Pagina's	256
Conditie	Redelijk — Foxed on verso dust jacket and on cut;
Prijs	€ 15,00

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