Tattoo Art

In ancient Greece and Rome there were many ritual tattooing, there is also the first tattoo was used to punish criminals.
An important date in the history of the tattoo is in 1891, when it was invented the electric tattooing machine, American O'Reilly. However, during the first half of the twentieth century, the art of tattoo is practically not developed. The stylistic diversity is poor, the subjects were poor and primitive. The turning point occurred in the 60s with the development of countercultural youth movements, who returned to tattoo her deserved position as one of the types of fine art. A man from the tribe of Maori. New Zealand, 1900