Painted People by Matt Lodder

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Painted People by Matt Lodder

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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.

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Painted People by 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.

‘Intriguing and thoughtful’ Shahidaha Bari, Literary Review

‘Fascinating’ Stories & Ink

Dr Matt Lodder is the UK’s foremost expert on the history of tattooing. A Senior Lecturer in Art History and Theory at the University of Essex, his research primarily concerns the history of Western tattooing from the seventeenth century to the present day.

Matt has given invited lectures at museums around the world, and has written about tattooing for publications including the Guardian and History Today. His major exhibition, ‘British Tattoo Art Revealed’, toured the UK from 2017–2020.

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ISBN 13 9780008402105
ISBN 10 0008402108
Title Painted People
Author Matt Lodder
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Year published 2023-09-28
Number of pages 352
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.