"The Masque in the Art" by Elpida Nousa

elpidanousa — 2017-01-25 14:44:32 UTC

The mask is the main component of Carnival.
Besides cultural object , the mask was born from the innate need of personality change and cover a person's identity.

In the early stages of development, man tries to emulate to the divine, sacred animals zoomorphic deities, using in ceremonies, masks as a warrior, priest or magician.
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the theatre masque

elenikada — 2017-01-25 20:02:07 UTC

For the theatre masque a great theatre designer says: " ... the actor must free himself from his own
nature, must leave his body free from facial expressions. I think the masque helps the actor to discover the expressive means, so he approaches holiness and feels like a small god...."
(Dionysis Fotopoulos)
I dedicate you this photo of our students from Ancient Messini, Prometheus Bound, Aeschylus tragedy.

In the theater art is basic element for "exstasis...getting out of the body and become an other

2017-01-25 20:23:40 UTC

Georgia - Genisea Xanthi

Alexandros, Genisea

2017-01-25 20:26:31 UTC

Masks represent aminals, usually goats.

Elli, Genisea

2017-01-25 20:27:41 UTC

We like masks, our transfomation is totally completed1

fundamericten — 2017-01-25 22:13:41 UTC

It was used to hide the faces of soldiers in the Ottoman Empire.

Symbolic mask of Turkish theater.

fundamericten — 2017-01-25 22:20:52 UTC

(Συνεργασία μαθητων Β'τάξης 9ου Γυμνασίου Πατρών)

elpidanousa — 2017-01-26 15:44:46 UTC

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Because the performance of CHINESE OPERA, who attended yesterday ...
In view Carnival, the emphasis was on the use of masks in this "popular theater" of China. Not surprised you the term "OPERA" the full title, has nothing to do with the opera of the West ... This is a very popular ritual, singers and dance content to mimic motions expressing the plot and action.

Traditional instruments accompany the libretto that appears sometimes singing, sometimes as recitation.

Particularly attractive feature of Chinese opera is bold designs colorful masks worn by the performers and have symbolic meanings. The spirit and the personality of each character associated with that color.

I was terrible impression that the white, which many associate with innocence, goodness and purity, like color mask Chinese opera represents the rogue, tortuous and dark hero.

I managed to note the following:

1. Red: Character confidant, bold and brave.

2.Green: Character violent, impulsive, irrepressible.

3.Black: rough and wild.

4.Yellow: serene, sober, calm.

5.Blue: Character constant in ideas, steadfast.

6.Gold and Silver: Characters mysterious and enigmatic.
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<<Η ΜΑΣΚΑ στην ΚΙΝΕΖΙΚΗ ΟΠΕΡΑ>>

Mε αφορμή την παράσταση της ΚΙΝΕΖΙΚΗΣ ΟΠΕΡΑΣ, που παρακολούθησα χτες...

Εν όψει Καρναβαλιού, έμφαση δόθηκε στη χρήση των προσωπείων σε αυτό το "λαϊκό θέατρο" της Κίνας. Μη σας παραξενεύει ο όρος "ΟΠΕΡΑ" στον πλήρη τίτλο, ουδεμία σχέση έχει με την όπερα της Δύσης...Πρόκειται για ένα καθαρά λαϊκό δρώμενο, τραγουδιστικού και χορευτικού περιεχομένου, με μιμητικές κινήσεις που εκφράζουν την πλοκή και τη δράση.

Παραδοσιακά όργανα συνοδεύουν το λιμπρέτο που εμφανίζεται άλλοτε τραγουδιστά κι άλλοτε ως απαγγελία.

Ιδιαίτερα ελκυστικό χαρακτηριστικό της κινεζικής όπερας είναι οι τολμηρές σε σχέδια πολύχρωμες MAΣΚΕΣ που φοριούνται από τους εκτελεστές κι έχουν συμβολικές σημασίες. Το πνεύμα και η προσωπικότητα του κάθε ήρωα συνδέονται και με συγκεκριμένο χρώμα.

Μου έκανε τρομερή εντύπωση πως το λευκό, που πολλοί συσχετίζουμε με αθωότητα, καλοσύνη και αγνότητα, σαν χρώμα στη μάσκα της κινέζικης όπερας αντιπροσωπεύει το κακοποιό στοιχείο, τον ύπουλο και σκοτεινό ήρωα.

Πρόλαβα να σημειώσω τα εξής:

1. Κόκκινο: Χαρακτήρας έμπιστος, τολμηρός και γενναίος.

2.Πράσινο: Χαρακτήρας βίαιος, παρορμητικός, ασυγκράτητος.

3.Μαύρο: τραχύς και άγριος.

4.Κίτρινο: Γαλήνιος, νηφάλιος, ψύχραιμος.

5.Γαλάζιο: Χαρακτήρας σταθερός στις ιδέες του, ακλόνητος.

6.Χρυσός και Ασημί: Χαρακτήρες μυστηριώδεις και αινιγματικοί.

Italy Japanese masks inspired by Kabuki theatre

mariasolimando — 2017-01-27 10:35:02 UTC

Japanese masks are used traditionally in theater, festivals or rituals. They are connected to folk myths and tails. Masks represent people, creatures, devil, ghosts, and animals.
Kabuki is modern theater art form. Classical masks are replaced by painted faces and make-up. This form uses all kind of techniques, like actors attached to wires and “fly”, upward or downward moving part of sets and revolving stage. Rice powder is used to create a white base for make-up. Make-up is used to exaggerate and enhance facial lines. Purple lines represent nobility. Green lines represent supernatural. Red lines represent passion, hedonism, and other positive things. Blue or black lines represents jealousy, villainy, and other negative things.

elpidanousa — 2017-01-27 12:55:05 UTC

"Actors with masks in Commedia dell'arte Troupe on a Wagon in a Town Square", Jan Miel, 1640

elpidanousa — 2017-01-27 13:25:16 UTC

The funeral masks reflect the perceptions of a life after death.

The mask of King Agamemnon was discovered in 1876 by Heinrich Schliemann in Mycenae Greece.

elpidanousa — 2017-01-27 13:36:19 UTC

The mask in Greek folk song:

lyrics:

"A night I met at a carnival ball
and you were with the mask full of beauty.
But now that you left to find another love
I realized that you had and mask in the heart ... "

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NluXiG_02hw

elpidanousa — 2017-01-27 15:51:15 UTC

"Boula's Mask"
A carnival custom in Northern Greece, Naoussa "Boules", a carnival event with roots from ancient ritual and participate ONLY men.

"Boula" means bride, but is a role of man, wearing lavish, ornate female costume and many jewels.

The traditional mask, called "πρόσωπος= face" is the most important part of the costume of "boula".

In the picture I am with "boula" in Naoussa's carnival two years ago.

"AFRICAN MASK"

elpidanousa — 2017-01-28 16:53:39 UTC

The masks in Africa were an important part of daily life. Africans wore masks in various ceremonies where they danced and sang when they were born their children, marriages and deaths, or when they wanted to beg the gods for help.They made from materials found in nature (earth, wood, fruits, minerals)The African masks are usually severe. They resemble wild, animal figures or fierce warriors.

Death Mask of the Huns in Hakasya

fundamericten — 2017-01-28 19:49:56 UTC

Central Asian Culture still holds the "Mystery" for me. I do not know how much the rumors about the Pyramids, the Uighur Empire and the Mujtada are true, but the excavations on the Chinese soil are opening up different cultures. One of these, BC. 3000-1000 Sanxingdui culture..This cultural culture symbol of Hun culture.

The death masks of the Huns and the iconographic symbols of the Sanxingdui cult are identical. The stylized and abstracted symbolic appearance of the archetype of Goddess. Iconography The symbol of fertility and rebirth.
This theme is likewise engraved on stones and rocks and graves through symbols and symbols. SPIRAL, double-helix, horns, snakes and lightning symbols derived from the intuitions awakened by AY as a measure of rhythmic change and abundance are also found in Siberian cultures. The moon disappears from the sky for three days then "Re-emerges". The Turks use the term "Moon Birth" for this reason. For Archaic people, "The First Dead and Resurrected Hero is the Moon". The red color is the blood allegory and it is the source of life. There is conviction that the soul and the soul are calm.

elpidanousa — 2017-01-29 09:21:33 UTC

elpidanousa — 2017-01-29 09:34:08 UTC

the art in the death.....

elenikada — 2017-01-29 20:55:44 UTC

Tutankhamun's mask death.

Αγγελικη Δούκα(μαθήτρια 9ου Γυμνασίου Πάτρας) MAYAN MASKS

2017-02-02 15:35:25 UTC

Mayan masks had a wide variety of uses, and the importance of the masks dictated how intricate the designs on various masks were. The most sacred Mayan masks featured complex and delicate mosaics made out of jade.

Other materials used were stone, wood, gold, shell and obsidian (a hard, dark, glass-like volcanic rock)The Maya used masks for a variety of reasons and occasions. These included:

•To adorn (decorate) the faces of the dead.

•To be worn at important events.

•To be worn during battle.

Αγγελική Δούκα 9ο Γυμνάσιο Πατρών

"Βενετσιάνικη Μάσκα" ΑΓΓΕΛΙΚΗ ΔΟΥΚΑ μαθήτρια-9ο ΓΥΜΝΑΣΙΟ ΠΑΤΡΑΣ Υπάρχουν πολύ λίγα στοιχεία που να εξηγούν το κίνητρο υιοθέτησης της μάσκας στη Βενετία. Κάποιοι υποστηρίζουν ότι η κάλυψη του προσώπου σε δημόσιους χώρους, ήταν η ιδιαίτερη βενετσιάνικη απάντηση σε μία από τις πιο άκαμπτες ιεραρχίες τάξεων στην ευρωπαϊκή ιστορία.Σύμφωνα με αρχειακό υλικό, οι βενετσιάνικες μάσκες φοριούνταν στην πόλη της Βενετίας, από τον Μεσαίωνα, τον 12ο και 13ο αιώνα. Τις φορούσαν διάφορα πρόσωπα για να κρυφτούν από οποιαδήποτε παράνομη δραστηριότητα: τυχερά παιχνίδια, χορούς, παράνομες σχέσεις ή ακόμα και πολιτικά σκάνδαλα

2017-02-11 19:35:06 UTC

Αγγελική Δούκα 9ο Γυμνασιο Πατρών

Kindergarten game masks

fundamericten — 2017-02-18 15:58:38 UTC

VENETIAN MASK

elpidanousa — 2017-04-11 18:06:06 UTC

(LINA TSOLKA student 9 SECONDARY SCHOOL OF PATRAS)

Mask-doctor - Medico della Peste ":
The most famous mask of the Venetian carnival and the most bizarre, the main feature of the long beak.
The design hides a macabre story:

In the 17th century, Venice had dropped plague, the French doctor Charles de Lorme, the adopted along with other health precautions, to treat victims of the disease.
The mask is white and consists of a hollow beak and around the eyes is decorated with crystals.

VENETIAN MASK

elpidanousa — 2017-04-11 18:11:57 UTC

(LINA TSOLKA-Μαθήτρια 9ου Γυμνασίου Πάτρας)

Moretta mask: A big oval mask with holes for eyes, a veil that hangs in laimo.Dimofilestati mask, called Servetta Muta ie "silent servant".
"Moretta" means silent.
So the Moreta is a "silent" mask, because held fixed to the face of the mouth with a small pin on the inner side, at the height of the mouth.

VENETIAN MASK

elpidanousa — 2017-04-11 18:15:26 UTC

(Καρκαβέλια Ελένη, Μαθήτρια 9ου Γυμνασίου Πάτρας)

"Zanni Mask"
Half mask is made of leather, with a long nose, bulging brow and low brow.
It is said that so long nose, a sign naive and foolish character is the funniest mask of the Venetian carnival.
O Zanni is a type of Commedia dell 'arte, known since the 14th century, something like cunning petty criminal. The English word "zany zany =" comes from this character.