Painted People
5,000 years of tattooed history from sailors and socialites to mummies and kings
$23.20
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
8 February 2024
Summary
In 1881, a writer in the Saturday Review called tattooing ‘an art without a history’. ‘No-one’, it went on, ‘has made it the business of his life to study the development of tattooing.’ Until now.
*Painted People* is a beguiling and intimate look at an untold history of humanity.
The earliest tattoos yet identified belonged to Ötzi, the ‘iceman’, whose mummy allows us a brief glimpse into the prehistory of the practice. We know that over the more than…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780008402105 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0008402108 |
| Author: | Matt Lodder |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Imprint: | William Collins |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 8 February 2024 |
| Weight: | 310g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 26mm |
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About The Author
Matt Lodder
Dr. Matt Lodder is the UK’s foremost expert on the history of tattooing. A Senior Lecturer in Art History and Theory at the University of Essex, his research primarily concerns the history of Western tattooing from the 17th century to the present day. His expertise extends to the wider history of body modification, including tongue splitting and implants. He is regularly invited to give lectures at venues including the V&A, the Royal Academy, the Museum of London and the National Museum of Scotland. He has written for The Guardian and History Today, and appeared on broadcast media. His latest exhibition ‘British Tattoo Art Revealed’ is currently on tour nationwide.
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