Masks
The Art of Expression
Published on 8. July 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-7141-2530-5 (ISBN)
Description
Often made of wood, masks may also be constructed from precious metals, cloth, bark, basketry, papier mache, leaves, feathers and other perishable materials. Many are intended to survive permanently; others are made only for temporary use and, indeed, may be considered too dangerous to keep. It is this great variety and richness, both of masks and of masking traditions, which is brought out in this survey and in the accompanying 155 colour photographs.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
155 colour and 2 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 276 mm
Width: 219 mm
Weight
920 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7141-2530-5 (9780714125305)
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Content
Introduction - about face, John Mack; African masking, John Mack; masks in Oceania, Dorota Czarkowska Starzecka; fiction and parodies - masquerade in Mexico and Highland South America, Anthony Shelton; masks from the Northwest coast of Africa, J.C.H. King; Japanese masks - ritual and drama, Gregory Irvine; face value - the mask in Greece and Rome, Ian Jenkins; masks in Ancient Egypt - the image of divinity, John H. Taylor; the other within - masks and masquerades in Europe, Cesare Poppi.