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  • Painted People

    Humanity in 21 Tattoos

    de Matt Lodder ...
    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 ... Leer más

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  • Corpi dipinti

    L'umanità in 21 tatuaggi

    de Lodder Matt ...
    Che siano a colori, in bianco e nero, piccole iniziali sulle caviglie o arazzi che coprono tutto il corpo, che siano realizzati in una bettola del porto o con una lama e della fuliggine, i tatuaggi fanno parte da sempre della nostra storia. Osservando le tracce che gli esseri umani hanno impresso sulla loro pelle, possiamo comprendere persone, luoghi e momenti storici. Siamo abituati a pensare ... Leer más

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    Painted People

    Humanity in 21 Tattoos

    de Matt Lodder ...
    Narrado por Henry Nott ...

    Completo

    9 hora 37 minutos

    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 ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

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