Masquerade

The African mask has appeared in various forms and has been adapted in countless ways in Western art as a typification of ceremonial masquerade. In the 2016 Brooklyn Museum exhibition titled Disguise: Masks and Global African Art, twenty-five contemporary artists attempted to bridge the gap between mask and masquerade by both historically contextualizing and re-creating the part that the African mask and masquerade play today. The Helmet Mask (Gbetu) with Raffia Costume was created during the early to mid-20th century. The unidentified Gola artist utilized wood, pigment, metal, and raffia to create the work. The dimensions of the work are 93 by 48 inches, or 236.2 by 121.9 centimeters. The work was created in Grand Cape Mount or Lofa County,…

today as the masquerade ball, the event involved a dance and celebration by a collection of varying characters dressed in intricate costumes and masks that usually lasted through the night. The first ever masquerade ball was held by King Charles the IV of France, to celebrate the marriage of one of his ladies in waiting. Masquerade balls then proceeded to grow in popularity and spread to other countries. Throughout the 1500s, masquerade balls acted as popular social events due to their cause…

The Makishi Masquerade is an example of performance because it is an event that re-arranges restored behaviors of a ritual used to initiate boys between the ages 8-12. It is popular entertainment because it shows part of the Vaka Chiyama Cha Mukwamayi culture. It appeals to an audience because it provides visual and audio images of costumes, dance routines, and music these individuals use in this initiation The accessibility of this performance is youtube videos, documentaries, and/or books…

The movie “Masquerades” gives a different, more comical perspective to the notion of Arab love and marriage. The main character of the movie, Mounir, struggles to find a suitable husband for his sister who suffers from Narcolepsy. Mounir gets himself and his family into a jam when the town begins to think Rym, his sister, has found a fiance in a rich,famous foreign man. The story follows Mounir and his family as they struggle to keep the secret of the fake suitor and the movie ends with Rym…

As said in Feminist Thought by Rosemarie Tong, “Gender is separable from sex and patriarchal society uses rigid gender roles to keep women passive and men active.” To respond to distinct sex roles that have been defined, radical libertarian feminists believe men and women should practice androgyny, the combination of both masculine and feminist traits (Tong, 2009). In the essay, Womanliness as Masquerade, written by Joan Riviere, Riviere described what it was like to be a female and how…

The character, Devon Hope, introduces in his poem, Bronx Masquerade, the idea that he and many of his classmates are living behind disguises rather than being their true selves. Devon is a prime example of this notion as he even goes by a nickname, Jump shot, at school and in his neighborhood that he does not feel represents him as a whole person. Though he is a great basketball player, that is not all he wants to be known for and much too often he is painted into that corner. He expresses this…

People do not only wear masks on Halloween. However, it is still worn for the same reason- to conceal an identity. In “We Wear the Mask”, Paul Laurence Dunbar poetically tries to reveal that everyone has a mask to hide a face they do not want to reveal. Whether it be your inner thoughts, lies, or tears, we all want to hide something, even if it means to put on a mask that is not our true selves. I am no exception. In front of my family, I say that I am not tired. I speak lies of “I’m doing…

Response #1: The Makishi Masquerade is an example of performance and popular entertainment because of the preparation and approval the event obtains from the community/ village audiences. The performances favorable and approval attibutes to its popularity and entertainment value as it is a celebration which causes pleasure to its surrounding viewers. The Makishi Masquerade is a prepared highly influenced ritual performance with the amusement factors through costuming, dancing, and chanting. A)…

“Why should I care what other people think of me? I am who I am. And who I wanna be (Avril Lavigne).” Self confidence is not a toy. Instead it is a feeling of trust in one's abilities, qualities, and judgment. In the book Bronx masquerade, by Nikki Grimes, three superb characters are Steve, Tanisha and Raynard. They were full of Surprises as they fluctuat their self-confidence, like a huge roller coaster. For starters, Steve has intermediate sized confidence in himself, which has developed a…

Well where do I begin Carnival Masks go way back and it started in the mid 1979 where they used to wear masks to celebrate a tradition of making carnival masks which started in the mid 1268 then which became a day to do a carnival and celebrate so that is why the people of venice italy just like we celebrate the day of the people the fought and died for our country but im getting way ahead of myself we are talking about carnival masks so carnival masks can have anything you want to put on it…