Crème de la crème Art - Monroe Dupuis

Modern Masks Ancient Greek Masks In some cases these masks have little to no emotion especially with people of importance. It seems they were more interested in getting the face correct and giving them a more "Godly" look. For other characters , the style completely changes and supports a massive amount of emotion within the mask. I can see little bits of Greek masks peeking through into the modern world. You can see that present artists had some inspiration from them.

"Laocoan" , actually spelt "Laocoon" was a Trojan priest of Apollo. He heard of the plan of the Trojan horse and ended up warning his people of the attack. As punishment, him and his two sons were killed by two sea serpents. In the sculpture, the depiction of him and his sons is so detailed. The expressions in the faces and the positions show a sense of fear and urgency which brings a very dramatic aura around the sculpture.

The people of Greece used theatre to tell stories of religion, celebrate and worship gods and goddesses. It seems that all plays had a propose, moral or lesson. Nothing was meaningless or was just 'for the hell of it'. Greeks not only used body language, song and dance to portray feelings and characters. They also used a variety of masks and costumes. The types of masks and costumes would depend on the type of play. (Drama, tragedy, etc.)