11 Amazing Tattoo Designs From 1870 To Today: Over time, tattoos - TopicsExpress



          

11 Amazing Tattoo Designs From 1870 To Today: Over time, tattoos have served purposes as varied as camouflaging hunters, marking victory in battle, memorializing the dead, telling the wearers life story, and symbolizing just how goddamn tough you are. For more than 5,000 years, people have been subjecting themselves to ink-stained needles in an attempt to turn their bodies into art. The 25th anniversary edition of Taschens 1000 Tattoos explores the history of body art around the world, from Maori facial engravings to skinhead markings to 20s circus ladies to awful drunken mistakes (hello ankle dolphin tattoo). Edited by art historian Burkhard Riemschneider and inker of the stars Henk Schiffmacher (whos also head of the Amsterdam Tattoo Museum), the book offers 1,000 images of people who have permanently altered their bodies with ink in ways shocking (a butt turned into a giant face), beautiful (the work of contemporary tattoo art stars), and unfortunate (so many exes names). Read Full Story
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 12:38:04 +0000

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