Heart tattoo

Heart tattoo has always been the symbol of love, romance and the power of life. It has not lost its meaning since those ancient times. In modern times, however, the meaning of such tattoo is known to be always highly connected with the person. Everything here depends on composition and context of the tattoo.
From the ancient times people knew that the heart is not a simple part of body. Heart is known to pump the blood. Also one can feel, take decisions and get emotions with it.
The most popular heart tattoo designs are nowadays plenty. First of all there is a depiction of heart with some inscription around it, mainly the name of relative or lover. In the second part of the last century bikers and sailors liked to apply heart with word "Mother"
. During the Second World War heart tattoos were used to remind soldiers about the families they left at home and about the idea they were fighting for.
Heart tattoos and different additional elements
Details are very important. Winged heart usually symbolizes the flight over the world to get a sincere and pure love. The broken heart is the symbol of lost love that is usually made to commemorate beloved ones that can not be forgotten.
Heart with sword or arrows symbolizes bravery. It was widely used in the Medieval times. If the heart is pierced by the sword it is a symbol of cheating and mental illness.
Heart tattoos and the color
The color of the heart in the tattoo art is also very important. Since the year of 1999 the white heart was recognized as the international symbol of nurcing, care and treatment. The golden heart means the love of God and devotedness to him in the heart. Black heart usually symbolizes a big loss of something or someone very important.

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