Author: Leuschner, Eckhard
Title: Persona, Larva, Maske : Ikonologische Studien Zum 16. Bis Frühen 18. Jahrhundert
Description: Frankfurt, Germany, Peter Lang, 1997. Softcover. Glued wraps with black and white illustration on cover. (6) 7-566 pp. Features many b+w illustrations. "Based on individual interpretations and against the background of an extensive collection of material, this work provides the first overview of the function and significance of mask representations in the visual arts between the Renaissance and the Rococo. Influences of ancient mask motifs from the Bacchic cult and theater are traced in detail. With a focus on Italian and Dutch art of the 16th and 17th centuries, the history of the mask as an attribute of personifications of falsehood, love and dreams, as well as an element of vanitas allegories, is traced. The mask as a symbol of artistic deception in allegories of painting and on actor portraits is derived from its precursors and from art theory. Particular attention is paid to the influence of different terms for 'mask' on pictorial representations." - translated from abstract. VG some pen on endpage .

Keywords: European Art ; European Art ; ; General Art - European


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