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The Evolution of Tattoo Art
CHMELÍKOVÁ, Markéta
This thesis deals with tattoo history, mainly within the Western civilisation. Further, it depicts situation in communist Czechoslovakia, where tattooing as a profession was officially non-existent. The transition of modern society's attitude towards tattooed people, which has changed a lot through time, is being analysed here. It was enabled by mass media and social media, which is clarified in this thesis, as well. Different aspects of tattoo artist's job and environment of tattoo parlours in last hundred years are approached. Thesis analyses the most essential tattoo styles of modern times and an attitude towards the process of choosing the very motif. Last but not least it presents hand poke, or a way of tattooing by hand only - without tattoo machine. It focuses on problematic placements of tattoo motifs on human skin and the way in which they influence work life and private life of their owner. Motivation of an individual to get a tattoo and meanings of the tattoo, if there are any, are also depicted. Nowadays issue of self-tattooing, its reasons and negative consequences linked to such behaviour are interpreted here as well.
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