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A death mask is a likeness (typically in wax or plaster cast) of a person's face after their death, usually made by taking a cast or impression from the corpse. Death masks may be mementos of the dead or be used for creation of portraits.
29. Nov. 2021 · Death masks are fascinating but slightly haunting relics from an age before photos. Until cameras rendered them redundant, it was common for notable people to have metal, wax or plaster applied to their face when they had died, creating a “death mask”.
11. Feb. 2024 · The history of death masks stretches back millennia, deep into antiquity. Most of them were not exact replicas taken from moulds, but artworks created for elite members of society – protective...
2. Mai 2024 · Death mask, a wax or plaster cast of a mold taken from the face of a dead individual. Death masks are true portraits, although changes are occasionally made in the eyes of the mask to make it appear as though the subject were alive.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
8. Sept. 2020 · A look inside the famous death masks (and deaths) from some of humanity's most notable — and notorious — individuals.
31. Okt. 2017 · Death masks date back to ancient Egypt, where creating a sculpted mask to put on the deceased's face was very fashionable. Many famous names have had their faces cast, like actor James Dean.
Death masks are plaster or wax casts of the face of the deceased. They preserve the last, apparently authentic facial features of a person shortly after death. The tradition of the death mask is one of the earliest testimonies of almost all cultures and can be found in all geographical areas and in the most diverse forms.
