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Author Groning, Karl.

Title Body decoration : a world survey of body art / Karl Groning ; texts by Ferdinand Anton ... [et al.].

Imprint New York : Vendome Press, 1998.

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 Axe 2nd Floor Oversize Stacks  391.6 G898b    ---  Available
 Axe Kansas Collection M Schick  391.6 G898b c.2  ---  Lib Use Only
Description 256 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 33 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-249) and index.
Contents In the begininng: the magc of colours -- Ancent America: art for gods, men and sports -- North America: Portraits of a great past -- Mythical South America -- The intoxcation of colours: the peoples of oceana -- Australia: the secret of the rainbow snake -- Afirca: the diversty of shapes, the power of colours -- A world of symbols: India, Nepal, Indonesia -- The 'Painted Face' of China: Peking opera make-up -- Japan: painted skin, decorated bodies -- The Western world today: seeking the source.
Summary "This unrivaled 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."--Jacket.
Subject Body marking.
Body painting.
Added Author Anton, Ferdinand.
ISBN 0865659974

 
    
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