MASKS, TRANSFORMATION, AND PARADOX: Mask Iconography

MASKS, TRANSFORMATION, AND PARADOX Author: A. David Napier Publisher: University of California Press; 1986 Binding: Hardcover W/Dust Jacket ISBN-10: 0520045327 Condition: This book is in very good condition. The contents are clean and unmarked. Price: $30.00 Masks are found world-wide in connection with seasonal festivals, rites of passage, and curative ceremonies. They provide a means of investigating the paradoxical problems that appearances pose in the experience of transitional states. In this far-reaching work, A. David Napier studies mask iconography and the role played by masks in the realization of change. The masks of preclassical Greece in particular those of the Satyr and the Gorgon provide his starting point. A comparison of Greek to Eastern and especially Indian models follows, and the book concludes with an examination of the interpretation of Hindu ideas in Bali that demonstrates the importance of ambivalence in mask iconography. ...................................... PLEASE NOTE: All precautions will be taken for your safety and mine when you pick this item up from the house in the Lawrence and Bathurst area. Masks, gloves, and social distancing. If you want this item shipped please provide your postal code for a shipping quote. I only accept PayPal when shipping items. Thank you, Rob ......................................