Phenomenon of tattooing - the body as a sociocultural document

TITLE: The Phenomenon of Tattooing - The Body As a Sociocultural Document ABSTRACT: The work deals with the phenomenon of tattooing and its historical and current presentation through the means of contenporary visual culture. It describes the reasons for the occurances of this phenomenon in past culture, ritual and socio-cultural aspects of tattooing, with emphasis on their aesthetic and artistic fiction. In the technical terminology the text disserts with the techniques of tattooing and the principles of depiction, including themes, motifs and symbolism. In the local research probe presents a collection of samples and motivations for tattooing. KEY WORDS: tattooing, tattoo artist, motif, symbolism, ritual, principles of depictio