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A collection celebrating art at its most unruly, inventive and uncompromising.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"il-tatuaggio-come-arte-the-tattoo-as-art-by-plinio-martelli-1980","title":"IL TATUAGGIO COME ARTE \/ THE TATTOO AS ART by Plinio Martelli [1980]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMastrogiacomo Editore, Padova, 1980 | Softcover, 96pp | 210 x 205 mm | First Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA thoroughly illustrated historical survey of tattooing as an art form, curated by Italian artist Plinio Martelli. Unlike the reactionary anthropological or criminological studies that often framed tattoos in terms of deviance, this volume positions tattooing within a visual and cultural history of art. 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