tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post2245927540282644447..comments2024-02-28T20:08:29.312-08:00Comments on The Pictorial Arts: Beasts and DemonsThomas Haller Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278003392092477845noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-67606741967991479982015-09-13T06:25:50.655-07:002015-09-13T06:25:50.655-07:00Two more remarks:
The Encyclopaedia Britannica ar...Two more remarks:<br /><br />The Encyclopaedia Britannica article on masks was written partly by Benda himself.<br /><br />The illustration may represent Shakespeare's The Tempest. See http://www.kennethpaullesko.com/Exhibitions/Director's-Choice-2009/Oswald-Fell.htmK. Cohalannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-10985300872339320652015-09-13T05:57:36.281-07:002015-09-13T05:57:36.281-07:00This illustration appeared as a color plate (Plate...This illustration appeared as a color plate (Plate IV) in the 1946 Encyclopaedia Britannica, volume 15, accompanying the "Masks" article and identified as a "mural painting by Wladyslaw T. Benda showing the dramatic use of masks as they are employed in grotesque pantomime". Two other plates show Benda masks.K. Cohalannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-10340113345655095452013-01-13T16:49:25.480-08:002013-01-13T16:49:25.480-08:00Hi Thom,
I didn't find additional information...Hi Thom,<br /><br />I didn't find additional information, but I did find a link to a YouTube video, In Appreciation of W. T. Benda: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky4uUTYHnm4&feature=youtu.be<br /> that I think you will enjoy. You may see some images you haven't already seen. <br /><br />Also, you might like a few of these high resolution images found at A Study In Contrasts: http://studyincontrasts.tumblr.com/tagged/W.-T.-BendaAnniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588164536314320479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-6962866860860450392013-01-13T06:46:17.688-08:002013-01-13T06:46:17.688-08:00Interesting. It looks almost medieval in the small...Interesting. It looks almost medieval in the small view.Gordon Napierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374065314604533766noreply@blogger.com