Tattoo World

Author : Michael B. Kaplan
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
ISBN 13 : 9780810997899
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tattoo World written by Michael B. Kaplan and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uses more than one thousand illustrations to showcase the work of 125 of the most important legendary and pioneering tattoo artists, collecting designs from around the world in a broad range of styles.

Author : Anna Felicity Friedman
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300210485
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The World Atlas of Tattoo written by Anna Felicity Friedman and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A grand tour of the world's great tattoos"--Atlas Obscura "This book--part global art historical tome, part coffee-table book of visual wonders--is a valuable corrective to many silly things that we assume about tattooing."--The New Republic A lavishly illustrated global exploration of the vast array of styles and most significant practitioners of tattoo from ancient times to today Tattoo art and practice has seen radical changes in the 21st century, as its popularity has exploded. An expanding number of tattoo artists have been mining the past for lost traditions and innovating with new technology. An enormous diversity of styles, genres, and techniques has emerged, ranging from geometric blackwork to vibrant, painterly styles, and from hand-tattooed works to machine-produced designs. With over 700 stunning color illustrations, this volume considers historical and contemporary tattoo practices in Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, North and Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. Each section, dedicated to a specific geographic region, features fascinating text by tattoo experts that explores the history and traditions native to that area as well as current styles and trends. The World Atlas of Tattoo also tracks the movement of styles from their indigenous settings to diasporic communities, where they have often been transformed into creative, multicultural, hybrid designs. The work of 100 notable artists from around the globe is showcased in this definitive reference on a widespread and intriguing art practice.

Author : Takahiro Kitamura
Publisher : Kit Pub
ISBN 13 : 9789074822459
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tattoos of the Floating World written by Takahiro Kitamura and published by Kit Pub. This book was released on 2003 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work discusses the art of the Japanese tattoo in the context of Ukiyo-e, focusing on the parallel histories of the woodblock print and the tattoo.

Author : Allan Graves
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780956028471
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond Tattoo written by Allan Graves and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Art, graphics and illustration by the world's leading tattoo artists"--Jacket.

Author : Juniper Ellis
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231513100
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tattooing the World written by Juniper Ellis and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2008-03-03 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1830s an Irishman named James F. O'Connell acquired a full-body tattoo while living as a castaway in the Pacific. The tattoo featured traditional patterns that, to native Pohnpeians, defined O'Connell's life; they made him wholly human. Yet upon traveling to New York, these markings singled him out as a freak. His tattoos frightened women and children, and ministers warned their congregations that viewing O'Connell's markings would cause the ink to transfer to the skin of their unborn children. In many ways, O'Connell's story exemplifies the unique history of the modern tattoo, which began in the Pacific and then spread throughout the world. No matter what form it has taken, the tattoo has always embodied social standing, aesthetics, ethics, culture, gender, and sexuality. Tattoos are personal and corporate, private and public. They mark the profane and the sacred, the extravagant and the essential, the playful and the political. From the Pacific islands to the world at large, tattoos are a symbolic and often provocative form of expression and communication. Tattooing the World is the first book on tattoo literature and culture. Juniper Ellis traces the origins and significance of modern tattoo in the works of nineteenth- and twentieth-century artists, travelers, missionaries, scientists, and such writers as Herman Melville, Margaret Mead, Albert Wendt, and Sia Figiel. Traditional Pacific tattoo patterns are formed using an array of well-defined motifs. They place the individual in a particular community and often convey genealogy and ideas of the sacred. However, outside of the Pacific, those who wear and view tattoos determine their meaning and interpret their design differently. Reading indigenous historiography alongside Western travelogue and other writings, Ellis paints a surprising portrait of how culture has been etched both on the human form and on a body of literature.

Author : Kristian Misser
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780764331459
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inside the Tattoo Circus written by Kristian Misser and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2008-10-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents 97 international tattoo artists and their best work in words and images. Over 560 color images depict a wide range of tattoo motifs, including tribal themes, women, botanicals, Japanese, and futurism. In addition, current tattoo-related art, shops, conventions, magazines, and the internet are discussed. The international contributors represent some of the greatest names in the tattoo world sharing their thoughts and art.

Author : Alison McGhee
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1452130752
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tell Me a Tattoo Story written by Alison McGhee and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Parents with or without tattoos will be touched by [this] heartwarming tale about sharing your past with your children—it leaves a mark” (Real Simple). It’s after dinner and a little boy wants a story from his father. It’s story he’s heard many times before, one etched all over his father’s body. So, dad once again tells his little son the story behind each of his tattoos, and together they go on a beautiful journey through family history. There’s a tattoo from a favorite book his mother used to read him, one from something his father used to tell him, and one from the longest trip he ever took. And there is a little heart with numbers inside—which might be the best tattoo of them all. Tender pictures by the New York Times–bestselling illustrator Eliza Wheeler complement this lovely ode to all that's indelible—ink and love.

Author : Angelique Houtkamp
Publisher : Outr' Gallery
ISBN 13 : 9780957768444
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tattoo Mystique written by Angelique Houtkamp and published by Outr' Gallery. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The follow-up to Angelique Houtkamp's hugely successful Tattoo Darling (Outre, 2009 - available from Turnaround), which has sold out of its first print run. Houtkamp is celebrated for bringing togther the tattoo aesthetic, nostalgia and a magical vision. This second volume documents all new artwork, glimpses into the artist's personal collection and inlcudes an introduction by the renowned tattoo artist Mike Giant and an interview with the artist herself. AVAILABLE FROM NOVEMBER 2009

Author : Maarten Hesselt van Dinter
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The World of Tattoo written by Maarten Hesselt van Dinter and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2005 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An amazing collection of images and information on the tattooing customs of all cultures that ever practised tattooing.

Author : Akos Banfalvi
Publisher : Tattoo-U
ISBN 13 : 9781935828716
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Colorful World of Tattoo Models written by Akos Banfalvi and published by Tattoo-U. This book was released on 2012-09-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Colorful World of Tattoo Models is an intimate and, yes, colorful look at the some of the world’s best tattoo models. Representing the US, the UK and various European countries, each model wears tattoos that range from the traditional to the avant-garde. Over 25 models fill this book, each with her own chapter. The book uses extensive interviews with each of the models to flesh out who they really are. Questions include the type of modeling they prefer, how they become a model, when they first become intrigued by tattoos, and the stories behind some of their favorite tattoos. But as good as the interviews are, it’s the photos that carry this book. In each case the lighting is superb, the poses unusual and unusually intriguing. Sexy, sometimes subtle and often erotic, these photos are exceptional. Each chapter provides up to 30 images of each model. Photos taken outside under natural light, and photos created inside with carefully positioned studio lights. The photographers, and there are a number of talented men and women who’ve contributed to this book, have captured the models at their most alluring, and in some cases, most open and vulnerable. Presented in a large, 10X10 format and printed on heavy, high quality paper, this book is one that you can pick up and open to any page. Each presents the world’s most beautiful models in a format that invites examination. Page through it quickly the first time, then come back again and again to read and wonder at the words and images that spill off the page.