Masks


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.

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  1. Matthew SanchezNovember 9, 2017 at 5:48 AM

    The masks you picked are really nice and detailed, I personally like the one that looks like a skeleton

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