Body Decoration: A World Survey of Body Art

by Karl Gröning

This unrivalled collection of striking photographs traces more than ten thousand years of cultural history - 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 society - 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 which document the development of an extraordinarily broad spectrum of body painting, tattooing and scarring techniques.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

256 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Hannah · Rating 5 out of 5]

STUNNING BOOK! Multicultural and diverse, I would totally recommend this book to anyone who has an appreciation of art and/or the world!