Vintage Tattoos: The Book of Old-School Skin Art
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (916 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0789318245 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Old school tattoos are being rediscovered (sometimes ironically, sometimes not) by a new generation. Tattoos have gone from badges of rebellion to fashion statements fully absorbed into mainstream culture. This book chronicles vintage motifs in thematic chapters interspersed with profiles of influential tattoo artists and their distinctive designs: Sailor Jerry Collins, Don Ed Hardy ("the Godfather of Tattoos"), Mike "Rollo Banks" Malone, Bert Grimm, Japan’s Horiyoshi III, and Shanghai’s Pinky Yun.. They are enjoying a renaissance, with graphic designers and artists creating specialty tattoos for a growing audience, unleashing a revival of interest in the bawdy vintage tattoo. Originally embraced by rebels, sailors, and gangsters, these tattoos—broken hearts, naked girls, floral motifs, and maritime emblems—are now showing up on the fashion runway and in music videos
. Carol Clerk is a veteran music writer and author who has written for a number of underground newspapers and ‘zines like the weekly Melody Maker
The best chapters in Carol Clerk’s Vintage Tattoos: The Book of Old-School Skin Art detail the history of nautical and patriotic tattoos and their superstitions.” Inked Magazine"The lavishly displayed wealth of brightly colored old-school flash is the heart of Vintage Tattoos, and the main reason you’ll find yourself flipping through it again and again. When tattooists traveled with the circus, not metal bands. And when the art went underground because of tattoo bans." Needled"an entertaining and informative title that should be in every tattoo enthusiast's book collection." Skin Art Magazi
Phoebe Kincaid said Great resource. Ditto on the favorable reviews -- this gives a great history of influential artists and themes over the years, from early 1800's up through the 1950's. Focused mainly on American artists and old-school themes, but also includes a little on some of the great Brit, Nordic and Japanese artists as well. Nice balance of historic photos, flash and text, and well organized thematically. Very informative for. Awesome Book! This book is awesomeplenty of "olde tyme" tattoo flash for reference. People talk about "old school" all the time and don't really know what they're talking aboutthis book is entirely compiled of the original old school style flash and not awkward modern reinterpretations of it.The drawings contained in this book were created by self-taught untrained artists who only had a limited range of subject ma. REB said Three Stars. Got this for my mom!