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Body Art

Body Art. A study of the changing interpretations of body art across seven world regions. The Seven Regions Studied. The Middle East Southeast Asia Oceania Europe North America Africa South Asia. Patterns throughout the different regions: Tattoos Body piercings

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Body Art

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  1. Body Art A study of the changing interpretations of body art across seven world regions

  2. The Seven Regions Studied • The Middle East • Southeast Asia • Oceania • Europe • North America • Africa • South Asia

  3. Patterns throughout the different regions: • Tattoos • Body piercings • Body scarification • Body painting

  4. “Every known culture has pursued some kind of body ornamentation, it’s a form of symbolic expression, like art and music.” -Enid Schildkrout

  5. Every region studied has one thing in common: they all use their bodies as some sort of art form. The difference is in the style.

  6. An art practiced by commonly in Southeast Asia and the Middle East is the art of Henna or, Mehndi

  7. Originated in Catal Hoyuk • 7th millennium BC • Brought by Neolithic people who used it in connection to their goddess of fertility

  8. A type of tattooing indigenous to the Maori tribe of New Zealand is “Moko”

  9. Moko’s are a sign of power and strength • Often accentuate facial features like eyes, cheeks, nose, and lips

  10. Most European and North American body art tends to be a collaboration of piercings and tattoos derived from other cultural traditions

  11. ...And some of it seems to have no origin at all

  12. Two countries to not be as imprinted with tattooing: • Australia • Africa

  13. Darker skin makes tattoos less effective and dramatic • Resort to strange body piercing instead

  14. Women of Surma tribe in Africa are adorned with lower lip piercings • Their worth is measured by the size of the plate in their lip • It’s a sign of beauty

  15. In Thailand beauty is symbolized differently from any of the other studied regions

  16. Young women and girls wear neck coils as a sign of beauty and grace

  17. Contrary to belief, coils do not actually elongate the neck, but rather put pressure on the clavicle causing it to sit lower

  18. Interpretations of beauty and body art change across regions

  19. “Every known culture has pursued some kind of body ornamentation, it’s a form of symbolic expression, like art and music.” -Enid Schildkrout

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