Saturday, November 2, 2013

M10. MASK: BEAUTY IS UNDEFINED



Female Mask, Punu People- This mask is used to represent the beauty of a female. It portrays Punu ideals of feminine beauty: rounded forehead, highly arched eyebrows, almond shaped eyes, narrow face and small chin.


Hindu Festival Mask- This mask represent unity of all the gods, and as well as the unity of humankind and all creation.


Nepalese Dhumma mask- This is an old mask that depicts the god Dhumma. It is beautifully detailed and colored.

The first mask highlights a particular way of how a group of people perceives beauty. The second mask demonstrates how diversity of the different gods are all apart of humankind. The old mask depicts a particular god. These three masks have inspired me to design a mask that highlights different forms of beauty. In today’s world, people tend to change their appearance in order have beauty features of what society thinks its beautiful.

                                                     ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES: 

Female Mask, Punu People - This mask demonstrates line, shape, form, a white color, texture, and balance. Compared to the other mask, this particular piece did not have a diverse usage of colors. It was white and had black curve lines. The artist used this element in order to demonstrate one form of beauty and the whiteness of the spirit world.
Hindu Festival Mask - The mask highlights lines, shapes, forms, colors, texture, pattern, rhythm, movements, balance and unity. The principle of balance is emphasis in order to highlight the significance of unity. 
Nepalese Dhumma mask - This mask demonstrates a few elements and principles of art. The artist used colors, lines, shapes, and forms. It also demonstrated patterns and balance. These elements and principles were used to show the beauty of their God.

BEAUTY IS UNDEFINED 

                                                                        1st sketch: 
                                                                        2nd sketch:
                                                                        Final sketch:

             I used the elements and principles of line, color, perspective, rhythm, movement, scale, balance, unity and emphasis in order to achieve my goal. My mask was created in order to send the message that beauty comes in all form and shapes. I used the element of line to emphasis that one can have a rounded, fat face or a narrow face but both face can portray beauty.
            Creating a mask was difficult at first because I did not know what message I wanted people to convey. After figuring out the theme that I wanted to demonstrate, I had to be creative in using the different elements and principles in order to achieve my message. Overall, it was interesting in creating a mask that symbolized a meaning or theme. I found it unique that one can use a mask in order to persuade others in one’s belief and values.





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