Body art

Tattooing is a medium of Art through which we can express emotions, ideas, memories, etc. We can communicate to those around us our thoughts, associations, inner feelings, and creativity. Throughout history, body art and ornamentation has become a worldwide phenomenon and has played a pivotal role in our lives. “The practice of body art has roots reaching back at least 30,000 years.” (E. Schidkrout, 2004). Stone and ceramic figurines have been found in ancient graves which depict people…

Body art has been here for a long time. Once used in jails to show time in, to being used to show your “colors”. Body art can mask scars to grant one a sense of space. It can show your faith, a personal light to look upon when in a time of need. In jail body art is a way to show who you are. Used by those overseas and here art with three or more rises show how long he/she has been in jail. When getting jail body art most know that a star on each side shows that you will bow to no man. The tier…

The way we decorate our body can stick with the term of “body art”. However, among various forms of body art, people with tattoos and piercings tend to receive negative criticisms from society, especially in Vietnam. Sadly, I am a victim of those prejudices from Vietnamese people. Anyhow, I am not blaming people for having such adverse belief towards people with tattoos and piercings like me. Instead, this essay is written in order to give some information about body art, especially tattoos and…

These days, it seems that in every crowd of people you can find someone sporting at least one tattoo. Once the “mark” of criminals and sailors, body art today has become increasingly more accepted in mainstream society. However, the very act of getting a tattoo separates one from others who have eschewed permanently marking their bodies. The reasons for getting a tattoo are varied, with the common underlying urge for self-expression and individuality as the main impetus. There are approximately…

surface skin layers. However Tahiti is not the only evidence of ancient tattooing tradition. The history of tattooing can be dated back at least eight thousand years ago as evidenced by the mummified bodies found with markings. The earliest evidence of tattoo was discovered in 1991 with the natural mummified body of Ötzi the Ice Man, the name given to him by scientists. Believed to have died…

Body art has been around for centuries. It has been a way to express ourselves, express our affection, or to express our social status. Whether it was permanent or temporary it has been a part of our society and has affected how society views people. The ancient Egyptians really brought tattooing to life and it has been ever blooming since then. Originally, tattoos were believed to have begun some time around 2000 B.C. In 1991, however, scientist discovered a mummy that they dated to be around…

started to wear lighter cotton cloaks. While the men wear colorful fabric just around their hips, sometimes you might see some women in fabric too but it is more often seen in men (Klein). Sometimes instead of clothes they like to use body paint to cover the bodies of men, women, and even children. They have many different reasons as to why they paint themselves and why they use the certain colors that they do, for example mothers are supposed to paint their children's faces with white paint…

my greatest concern on the article written by Sarah Vine “Body art? No, tattoos are hideous self-harm” published by Daily Mail in 11th of June 2014. I am worried about the safety of Sarah Vine, because the truth is, a patient and kind-hearted person like me will be delighted to send her to the asylum. Firstly, In the title “Body art? No, tattoos are hideous self-harm” Sarah Vine claims tattoos as hideous self-harm other than body art. The word hideous “extremely bad or ugly” established her…

I’ve always loved seeing what makes an individual unique; after all, if we were surrounded by people that all looked the same, acted the same, and were nothing but alike we’d live in a very bland world. I was thirteen years old when I first noticed a visible tattoo on someone that was in my age range, and I remember analyzing the tattoo and thinking how beautiful each detail was. It wasn’t until a couple of days of getting to know this person that I noticed how no one would sit with him, or talk…

discriminated. Now it is not only because of their race, religion, or sex orientation but also because of their body art (tattoos.) People with body art in working industries should not be discriminated because body art has personal meanings, as well as expressing who someone truly is and not their working skills. There are people that tend to see racism as a bad thing when people with body art is the same thing, that’s who they are. Since The Civil Rights Act of 1964 states “it is illegal for…