Tattoos have generally been associated with rebellion, rudeness, irresponsibility. Currently, however, they are not the symbol of courage or of a certain social level as they were decades ago.
According to a Pew Research Center, located in Washington, nearly four out of ten people have a tattoo and fifty percent are more than one.
Tattoos are seen in our culture as a synonym of an immoral person or a criminal; however, tattoos are part of art---An art that unlike others, is as ephemeral as life itself, as it disappears with the carrier. This transitory existence the guarantor to give a single value to this art, which throughout history has evolved. For these three reasons: meaning, aesthetics, and artist, tattoos must be seen as an art and
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The first Christian emperor of Rome issued this activity and it’s believed that the negative attitude against tattoo originated in this decree. Tattoos remained dormant until the growth of the hippies in the sixty and seventies—they adopted the tattoos and ascended to the rank of art; Today these hippies are office workers, teachers, administrators, doctors and lawyers; but in their skin remains their youth brand, which has contributed the great popularization.
When speaking of tattoos, most people associate with something wrong; so it is not uncommon to receive sermons from parents about how ugly they are, that they are indecent, and how bad it would be if your child is tattooed. As a logical consequence, it is not surprising that children see as a way of rebellion and liberation. If anything characterizes the art, is the meaning of the work itself. In ancient
Greece, many of the sculptures meant for this culture, a way to ask something to the gods, honor them or for their protection. In the middle Ages art he was dominated by the Inquisition and his works meant the greatness of God. Tattooing take different