Marks of Civilization: Artistic Transformations of the Human Body - Couverture souple

 
9780930741129: Marks of Civilization: Artistic Transformations of the Human Body
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0930741129 ISBN 13 : 9780930741129
Editeur : Fowler Museum of Cultural History,U.S., 1995

Synopsis

Body piercing, scarification, tattooing - for thousands of years decorative alteration of the human body has been invested with profound cultural and social meaning. This collection of essays, photographs and drawings focuses on the many and diverse ways that human beings have permanently decorated their bodies. The book grew out of a symposium entitled "Art of the Body" held at the University of California, Los Angeles in the early 1980s. Contributors encompass the fields of anthropology, sociology, art history, archaeology and folklore. The geographical and historical perspectives are from Europe and Euro-America, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Pacific Basin (Asia, Oceania, and Native America). The book's text and photographs acknowledge body art as a meaningful part of human behaviour. What dominates throughout is the recognition of artistic potency, mysterious or commonplace, that is a part of marking the body.

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Éditeur
Fowler Museum of Cultural History,U.S.
Date d'édition
1995
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0930741129
ISBN 13 
9780930741129
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
280
Éditeur
Rubin Arnold
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9780930741136: Marks of Civilization: Artistic Transformations of the Human Body

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0930741137 ISBN 13 :  9780930741136
Editeur : Univ of California Museum of, 1988
Couverture rigide