Masks - The Art of Expression

Masks - The Art of Expression

John Mack 1994

Masks are a near-universal phenomenon, but the uses and meanings of masquerade vary greatly among cultures. Here, through revealing texts and a wide range of dramatic illustrations, a team of experts discusses the disparate traditions surrounding masks in eight principal areas: Africa, Oceania , Latin America , the Pacific northwest, Japan, classical Greece and Rome, Egypt, and Europe.