Hawaiian Tattoos Ancient Art Modern Expressions
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Hawaiian Tattoos: Ancient Art, Modern Expressions
Author: Pasquale De Marco
language: en
Publisher: Pasquale De Marco
Release Date: 2025-05-02
Immerse yourself in the rich and captivating world of Hawaiian tattoos in this comprehensive guidebook. Discover the ancient origins, profound cultural significance, and intricate artistry of kakau, the traditional tattoos of Hawaii. Journey through the history of Hawaiian tattooing, tracing its roots back to ancient Polynesia and exploring the influences of the Marquesas Islands. Delve into the cultural significance of tattoos, uncovering their role in identity, lineage, religious beliefs, social status, and personal expression. Explore the diverse styles of Hawaiian tattoos, from traditional designs and motifs to regional variations, male and female styles, contemporary interpretations, and the fusion of Hawaiian and Western elements. Gain insights into the tattooing process, including the tools and techniques used, the selection of a skilled tattoo artist, the preparation of the skin, the application of the tattoo, and the crucial aftercare and healing process. Learn about the revival of traditional tattooing in modern Hawaiian culture, its expression as a form of cultural pride and identity, and its role in tourism. Address the challenges and controversies surrounding Hawaiian tattooing and delve into the promising future of this ancient art form. Throughout this book, dispel misconceptions and myths surrounding Hawaiian tattoos, promote cultural understanding and respect, and inspire appreciation for the beauty and significance of this timeless art form. Whether you are a tattoo enthusiast, a cultural explorer, or simply seeking knowledge about the rich traditions of Hawaii, this book offers a comprehensive and engaging exploration of Hawaiian tattoos, providing a deeper understanding of their history, significance, and enduring legacy. If you like this book, write a review on google books!
Tattoo Traditions of Asia
Author: Lars Krutak
language: en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date: 2024-10-31
For millennia, tattoos have documented the history of humanity one painful mark at a time. They form a visual language on the skin, expressing an individual’s desires and fears as well as cultural values, family ties, and spiritual beliefs on the surfaces of the body. The Indigenous peoples of Asia have created some of the world’s oldest and most distinctive tattoos, but their many contributions to body art and practice have been largely overlooked. Tattoo Traditions of Asia is the first single volume dedicated to the anthropological study of an ancient cultural practice and artform that spans many countries and societies, ancestral lands, and contemporary communities across the continent and its islands. This richly illustrated survey combines the author's twenty years of fieldwork, interviewing hundreds of Indigenous tattoo bearers and contemporary tattoo practitioners, with painstaking research conducted in obscure archives throughout the region and elsewhere to break new ground on one of the least-understood mediums of Indigenous Asian expressive culture—a vital tradition to be celebrated, an inspirational story told in skin and ink.
Asian Women Artists
This book is a guide to identifying female creators and artistic movements from all parts of Asia, offering a broad spectrum of media and presentation representing a wide variety of milieus, regions, peoples and genres. Arranged chronologically by artist birth date, entries date as far back as Leizu's Chinese sericulture in 2700 BCE and continue all the way to the March 2021 mural exhibition by Malaysian painter Caryn Koh. Entries feature biographical information, cultural context and a survey of notable works. Covering creators known for prophecy, dance, epic and oratory, the compendium includes obscure artists and more familiar names, like biblical war poet Deborah, Judaean dancer Salome, Byzantine Empress Theodora and Myanmar freedom fighter Aung San Suu Kyi. In an effort to relieve unfamiliarity with parts of the world poorly represented in art history, this book focuses on Asian women often passed over in global art surveys.