Amazing Body Painting Art Redifined

Since the beginning of time, humans have always had the wish to produce art. Through this desire body painting was born, making the figure the first canvass. The history of this craft stretches so far back that historians consider it the earliest form of art. Equated to other types of body art like patterns or piercing, this is impermanent. It lasts only for a few hours at most.


During the ancient times, tribes would often use body painting during celebrations and important observances. Each color had its own comparable significance. Captains and warriors commonly had their own flairs to indicate their status in the tribe. Around the 12th century, a new kind of body painting known as the Mehndi became popular. The Mehndi is an extremely old rite that developed from Egypt. It is the art of using Henna to paint the body. Nowadays, this art is very popular in Pakistan, India and some other countries. Natives of South America also had their own methods of adorning their bodies. They would use wet charcoal also known as Huito. Like Henna, Huito is also semi-permanent durable for a few weeks.


In today’s modern era, this has become a way of self-expression. This has been goaded on by the liberalness of modern high society. body painting before nudity was viewed as by society as inappropriate and improper, now it is something to be swanked. In the guise of self-expression and the exercise of human freedom, this has become a means of seizing the public’s attention. This is especially effective during protests and rallies. Instead of bringing placards and sign boards, the demonstrators would alternatively paint on themselves.

Amazing Pictures Body Painting

Guido Daniele is very famous in body and hand painting art. In my previous posts, I analysed Hand painting, and Advertising with hand painting by the same artist.

Here is short Biography of   Guido Daniele.

Guido Daniele was born in Soverato (CZ - Italy) and now lives and works in Milan.

From 1964 to 1968 he attended Brera artistic High School. He graduated from Brera School of Arts (major in sculpturing) in 1972.

He lived in India since 1972 to 1974 where he attended the Tankas school in Dharamsala. Since 1968 he has been painting and participating to personal and group art exhibitions. In 1972 he started working as hyper-realistic illustrator, in co-operation with major editing and advertising companies, using and testing different painting techniques.

Since 1986 he has been working and improving his personal usage of airbrush: he paints back-stages in different sizes (the biggest ones can be 400 square metres) for artistic and advertising pictures, tv commercials and tv programmes. He also creates trompe l'oeil, both in private houses and public buildings.

In 1990 he added a new artistic experience to his previous ones: using the body paintingtechnique he creates and paints models bodies for different situations such as advertising pictures and commercials, fashion events and exhibitions. His personal artistic research has recently led him to the combination of the two traditional portrait techniques, which are photography and oil painting, laied on photographic support in the same way as Jan Saudek.

His "master" of photographic shooting and manual print in darkroom has always been the famous photographer Francesco Radino.

Its search started in 2000 about "Handimals" maked with the method of body painting has a great international interest

The art of body painting can alter a human being into a beautiful work of art. It can make a affirmation that words alone cannot express, create a more likable presentation, and add signification and implication to an important juncture. It is used not only for the living, but also to continue the dead. Genuinely it has attained worldwide signification that will last till the end of times.

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