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Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia Postcards
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Ideal for readers interested in criminology, tattoo art, Russian culture, and unique visual histories.
Offers a set of 53 postcards that contains images. This title features motifs depicted that represent the uncensored lives of the criminal classes; their tattoos were a secret tribal language, a method of showing status within the prison system.
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This beautifully produced boxed set of 53 postcards contains stunning images from the best-selling Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia series of books. These hugely popular and influential books document the Russian criminal tattoo, revealing their hidden meanings.
The motifs depicted represent the uncensored lives of the criminal classes; their tattoos were a secret tribal language, a method of showing status within the prison system. By turn they are extraordinary, artful, explicit or just strange, reflecting the lives and traditions of this previously hidden world.
The box features 25 original sheet drawings by Danzig Baldaev and 25 photographs by Sergei Vasiliev. Each has a detailed description of the meaning of each tattoo on the reverse. Also included is a postcard of each of the three book covers.
The drawings printed on the postcards are facsimiles of Baldaev's original sheets, reproduced directly from the Russian Criminal Tattoo Archive.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780956896261
Publisher: FUEL Publishing
Format: Postcard book or pack
Date Published: 16 September 2013
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: FUEL Publishing
Illustration: 53 Illustrations, color
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 105.0mm
Height: 155.0mm
Weight: 520g
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