Mask Arts of Mexico

by Ruth D. Lechuga and Chloe Sayer

David Lavender (Photographer)

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In rural Mexico, festivals and their attendant dances mark the high point of local life. Old and New World traditions have fused to forge an awe-inspiring range of masks, their makers the creative equal of any craftsmen working today. The brilliantly coloured and wonderfully creative masks that bring to life the pages of "Mask Arts of Mexico" are made from materials - wood, clay, leather, paper, cloth, gourds, wire-mesh, wax - that are as diverse as their abundant signs of artistry, vitality, beauty and wit. Most of the masks have been specially photographed in Mexico by David Lavender. Ruth...Read more
  • ISBN10 0500277974
  • ISBN13 9780500277973
  • Publish Date 3 October 1994
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 20 August 1999
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 96
  • Language English