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by A. David Napier; Foreword by Rodney Needham

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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.

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  • Title Masks, Transformation, and Paradox
  • Author A. David Napier; Foreword by Rodney Needham
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Very Faint Foxin
  • Pages 312
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley
  • Publication date 1987-10-27
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780520045330 / 0520045335
  • Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.04 x 6 x 0.84 in (22.96 x 15.24 x 2.13 cm)
  • Category Archaeology / Anthropology
  • Library of Congress subjects Mythology, Mythology, Greek
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 83017980
  • Dewey Decimal Code 391.8
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Berkeley CA: University of California Press, 1986. 1st. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover, 282 pages, b&w illustrations. 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. Clean, bright copy. Record # 380304
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University of California Press , 1984 xxvi, 282 pp. "Mask iconography and the role played by masks in the realization of change." 104 b&w plates. Pages 3-18 have an occasional pencil mark, otherwise a bright clean copy. Covers have some light shelf wear.
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