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9780810943797

Masks Faces of Culture

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  • ISBN13:

    9780810943797

  • ISBN10:

    0810943794

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-10-01
  • Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

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Summary

From Paleolithic times to have to present, people used masks to add power and mystery to religious rituals, warfare, and entertainment. This lavishly illustrated book, the companion volume to an exhibition opening at The Saint Louis Art Museum, provides a stunning and comprehensive cultural history of these universal human artifacts.

Transporting readers across centuries and continents, the authors compare and contrast the use of masks in initiation rites and Mardi Gras, Greek tragedy and commedia dell'arte, warfare and football. The 200 colorplates, illustrating such fascinating examples as African ceremonial masks, the Apollo 15 space helmet, and an Egyptian death mask, make this landmark study as visually spectacular as it is thought-provoking.

Table of Contents

Lenders to the Exhibition 6(1)
Foreword 7(1)
Acknowledgments 8(7)
Introduction 15(6)
Cara McCarty
John W. Nunley
Prehistory and Origins
21(19)
John W. Nunley
Rites of Passage
40(44)
John W. Nunley
Festivals of Renewal
84(60)
John W. Nunley
Men as Women
144(34)
John W. Nunley
Theater
178(72)
John Emigh
Lesley K. Ferris
Cara McCarty
Offense/Defense
250(52)
Cara McCarty
Mask Captions 302(32)
Notes 334(3)
Bibliography 337(3)
Photography Credits 340(1)
Index 341

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