Download or read book Masks and the Art of Expression written by John Mack and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 1994 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.