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Masks for Social World
| Content Provider | IGNCA - Man and Mask |
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| Description | The mask is a potent device used frequently in popular theatrical forms that reflexively mirror, critique, and model social interactions. Comic critiques social interactions through masked theatre can to be found, for example, in the ancient Ha-hae tradition of Korea, the Italian Renaissance tradition of Commedia dell’ Arte, and the Ru-hozi of Iran, and Kyogen plays of medieval Japan. Analyses of social interactions through masked characters are often framed within a context of legends from the past, as in the Classical Greek Theatre, theNoh Theatre ofJapan,and the Topeng masked dance-dramas of Bali, Indonesia. |
| File Format | HTM / HTML |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Ancient Ha-hae tradition Ancient Human Practice Anthropology Anthropomorphic Art Work Art History Ceremonies and Practices Classical Greek Theatre Commedia dell’ Arte Decorative Mask Detya Mayadanawa Disguise Drama Theraphy Italian Renaissance tradition Kyogen Museum Object Noh and Kyogen Theatre Ornamentation Performance Performing Art Pongsan Ritual Mask Ru-hozi Sandae-dukcourt tradition Sculpture Sonpa Yangju |
| Content Type | Image Text |
| Resource Type | Visual Artwork |
