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- catalog abstract ""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.".
- catalog alternative "Geschmückte Haut. English".
- catalog contributor b11149799.
- catalog contributor b11149800.
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description ""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.".
- catalog description "In te begnnng: te magc of colours -- Ancent Amerca: art for gods, men and sprts -- Nort Amerca: Portrats of a great past -- Mytcal Sout Amerca -- Te ntoxcaton of colours: te peoples of oceana -- Australa: te secret of te ranbow snake -- Afrca: te dversty of sapes, te power of colours -- A world of symbols: Inda, Nepal, Indonesa -- Te 'Panted Face' of Cna: Pekng opera make-up -- Japan: panted skn, decorated bodes -- Te Western world today: seekng te source.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-249) and index.".
- catalog extent "256 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0865659974".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Vendome Press : Distributed in the USA and Canada by Rizzoli,".
- catalog subject "391.6 21".
- catalog subject "Body art Pictorial works.".
- catalog subject "Body art.".
- catalog subject "Body marking Pictorial works.".
- catalog subject "Body marking.".
- catalog subject "Body painting Pictorial works.".
- catalog subject "Body painting.".
- catalog subject "GT2343 .G76 1998".
- catalog subject "Tattooing Pictorial works.".
- catalog subject "Tattooing.".
- catalog tableOfContents "In te begnnng: te magc of colours -- Ancent Amerca: art for gods, men and sprts -- Nort Amerca: Portrats of a great past -- Mytcal Sout Amerca -- Te ntoxcaton of colours: te peoples of oceana -- Australa: te secret of te ranbow snake -- Afrca: te dversty of sapes, te power of colours -- A world of symbols: Inda, Nepal, Indonesa -- Te 'Panted Face' of Cna: Pekng opera make-up -- Japan: panted skn, decorated bodes -- Te Western world today: seekng te source.".
- catalog title "Body decoration : a world survey of body art / [edited by] Karl Gröning ; [texts by Ferdinand Anton ... et al.].".
- catalog type "text".