Comedy Mask 925 sterling silver pendant

Description: COMEDY MASK SILVER PENDANT - ANCIENT THEATRE Comedy Mask Silver Pendant-Ancient Greek Theatre-Handcrafted in Greece In Ancient Greece, plays were performed in open-air theatres during the day. At the start of the play a chorus of between 15 and 25 people came onto the stage, called the orchestra, to introduce the story, explaining who the characters in the story were and what had happened to them before the time the play was about. The appearance of the chorus often included music, dance, and song.In the ancient theatre, the hypocrites and the chorus members wore masks.After the chorus’s introduction, individual actors would appear and interact with one another and also often engaged in a dialogue with the chorus. Besides the chorus, no more than three actors were allowed on stage at any time. This meant that Greek actors often had to play more than one part. To suggest different characters actors wore masks and costumes that they changed over the course of the play.The use of the masks derived from the Dionysian cult, but it was established because it served several important purposes in Ancient Greek theater: their exaggerated expressions helped define the characters the actors were playing; they allowed actors to play more than one role (or gender); they helped audience members in the distant seats see and, by projecting sound somewhat like a small megaphone, even hear the characters better. In a tragedy, masks were more life-like; in a comedy or satyr play, masks were ugly and grotesque. Masks were constructed out of lightweight materials such as wood, linen, cork, and sometimes real hair. In comedy the facial characteristics of the masks were exaggerated and deformed to provoke the laughter of the audience. The mouth was especially wide, the eyebrows accentuated and the facial expressions intense. The animal-dressed choruses of the Old Comedy wore masks who reminded of respective animals or insects. In Aristophanes’ Birds for example, the masks of the chorus had a beak and a crest. Over time, special masks were created for the standardised comic characters, such as the slave, the hetaera, the young lover and the cook, while the chorus bears exclusively human masks. Comedy masks were often cartoonish portrayals of gods and famous citizens of Athens, according to Professor Edith Hall in a lecture at Gresham College. The masks — and the plays themselves — insulted and mocked these prominent people. They delighted the now-drunk audiences with sharp political and social commentary. “Nobody was immune. They talked freely about sleaze, corruption, and personal toilet habits,” said Professor Hall. “…The intensity of abuse characters suffered in comic theater ensured that only robust, popular, and clever men could survive to be reelected.” Handcrafted in Greece with extra care in 925 Sterling Silver. Its height is 2.8 cm(excluding the bail) and weighs approximately 6g. This pendant is without the chain(336) Details:Condition: New, Made in GreeceMaterial: Sterling SilverHeight: 2.8 cm Weight: 6gThis pendant is without the chain

Price: 49.5 USD

Location: Rafina., Rafina.

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