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             Venetian art greatly impressed Omiros. The finesse, the beauty and subtlety of colors and forms of Venetian art is epitomized in the Venetian Masks. The ephemerous manifestation of the masks in the Carnival has inspired Omiros to depict a semi-abstract representation of figures wearing Venetian masks as seen in this gallery.
             Omiros devoted all his attention in the faces, neglecting partly the details of the outfits of the disguised individuals, despite the fact that these outfits are very colorful, impressive and full of imagination. However, what is greatly emphasized is the beauty in the mystery of the masked faces. The impression of emptiness of the eyes is especially overwhelming. At the sight of these eyes, the imagination is greatly stimulated by the attempt on the part of the observer to fill this void by novels of human experience and emotions. The eyes being the windows to the Soul, this emptiness leaves the observer with a stunning amazement.
            Such empty eyes have already been observed in Byzantine Art. Omiros interpreted this influence in some of his Byzantine paintings. See the Prophet.