Commedia Tragedia Graphite – Pair of Laughing Crying Theatre Masks

A Comedy and a Tragedy Greek theatre masks sold as a pair – Commedia Tragedia Graphite

The laughing smiling faced Commedia mask is depicting happiness and fun, with smiling eyes and up turned mouth and plenty of laughter lines

The sad crying faced Tragedia mask is depicting sorrow and tragedy, with a creased haggard face, screwed up eyes and a down turned mouth

These masks have become symbolic with Theatre, originating from Greek mythology these masks were originally used in theatre to depicts the moods and emotions of the characters, exaggerated so that everyone in the theatre could see what was being portrayed

Genuine Venetian masks, made from paper mache, decorated with graphite grey acrylic paints and silver steel rub to highlight the prominent features

This stunning pair of masks make a fabulous alternative wall decoration or a great table centre piece at any Venetian themed masquerade event

These masks can also be worn and secure with ribbon ties