Download or read book The Painted Body written by Michel Thévoz and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 1984 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Man is distinguished from animals by a self-retouching impulse, an urge to remake his own body. This book surveys and illustrates the different kinds of body decoration, such as painting, make-up, tattooing, and scarring, which have been practiced all over the world from prehistoric times to the Body Art and cosmetics of today. The social implications are spelled out in detail.