Masks and Marionettes

Masks and Marionettes
Author: Joseph Spencer Kennard
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 159
Release: 2021-06-28
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1528760433

This vintage book is a fascinating and detailed study on the history of masks and marionettes, with information on early development, popularity and influence throughout the ages, notable practitioners, and much more. “Masks And Marionettes” constitutes a fantastic exploration of context and culture surrounding its subject, and will be of considerable utility to those with an interest in the history of Commedia dell'arte. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on puppets and marionettes.

Puppets and Masks

Puppets and Masks
Author: Nan Rump
Publisher: Davis
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1995-07
Genre: Mask making
ISBN: 9780871922984

Describes storytelling arts projects - activities include puppets of all sizes, masks and other larger-than-life characters. Instructions for producing sound effects and scenery, and scripts of folk tales in which the puppets and masks can be used, round out the theme.

Mexican Masks and Puppets

Mexican Masks and Puppets
Author: Bryan J. Stevens
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780764340277

In the Mexican states of Puebla and Veracruz, old masked dances have survived in isolated mountain regions. These dances include wonderful masks of humans and animals, masks with beautiful, comic, or wicked faces. Created by Indigenous master carvers, mascareros, these masks and puppets appear during religious fiestas. Over 700 vivid color photos reveal these masks and puppets in all their glory. The thoroughly researched text answers the questions about who made these beautiful works of art, who these dance characters are, and the nature of the religion they represent. The Spanish conquerors strove to convert the Indian inhabitants of Mexico to Christianity. However, these converts secretly retained important deities from earlier times to accompany Christian elements, creating a poetic blend of beliefs. Given that these indigenous peoples have suffered many injustices, the masks, puppets, and dance dramas reflect many unresolved societal tensions along with veiled wishes for divine justice.

Marionettes, Masks and Shadows

Marionettes, Masks and Shadows
Author: Wilfred H. Mills
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2013-04-18
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1447495217

A guide to the history, use and manufacture of Marionette dolls, chapters include, the marionette its family tree, choosing your play, making your stage, making your marionette, training your puppeteers and much more. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Theatrum Mundi

Theatrum Mundi
Author: Anthony Alan Shelton
Publisher: Figure 1 Publishing
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2021-11-16
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781773271378

Theatrum Mundi ("the theatre of the world") describes the diversity of masks and performances that originated from the violent struggles between European, Arabic and "New World" civilizations. This authoritative study celebrates over 500 years of Mexican and South American Indigenous dance dramas and explains how mask makers, religious practitioners, masqueraders and entrepreneurs have helped to continuously reinvent, revitalize and express the changing world around them. The culmination of four decades of research by Dr. Anthony Shelton, professor of art history and director of the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at the University of British Columbia, the text is illustrated by field photographs and images from MOA and other notable mask collections

Puppets, Masks, and Performing Objects

Puppets, Masks, and Performing Objects
Author: John Bell
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2001-04-27
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780262522939

This volume, which originally appeared as a special issue of TDR/The Drama Review, looks at puppets, masks, and other performing objects from a broad range of perspectives. Puppets and masks are central to some of the oldest worldwide forms of art making and performance, as well as some of the newest. In the twentieth century, French symbolists, Russian futurists and constructivists, Prague School semioticians, and avant-garde artists around the world have all explored the experimental, social, and political value of performing objects. In recent years, puppets, masks, and objects have been the focus of Broadway musicals, postmodernist theory, political spectacle, performance art, and new academic programs, for example, at the California Institute of the Arts.This volume, which originally appeared as a special issue of TDR/The Drama Review, looks at puppets, masks, and other performing objects from a broad range of perspectives. The topics include Stephen Kaplin's new theory of puppet theater based on distance and ratio, a historical overview of mechanical and electrical performing objects, a Yiddish puppet theater of the 1920s and 1930s, an account of the Bread and Puppet Theater's Domestic Resurrection Circus and a manifesto by its founder, Peter Schumann, and interviews with director Julie Taymor and Peruvian mask-maker Gustavo Boada. The book also includes the first English translation of Pyotr Bogatyrev's influential 1923 essay on Czech and Russian puppet and folk theaters. Contributors John Bell, Pyotr Bogatyrev, Stephen Kaplin, Edward Portnoy, Richard Schechner, Peter Schumann, Salil Singh, Theodora Skipitares, Mark Sussman, Steve Tilllis

Needle Felting Masks and Finger Puppets

Needle Felting Masks and Finger Puppets
Author: Terese Cato
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-04-20
Genre: Felt work
ISBN: 9781530996308

Create beautiful works of art that you can display and use. Easy to follow step-by-step instructions with full color photos suitable for all skill levels. Make captivating animal masks that are wearable art. Masks can be made for children or adults. They may be displayed on a stand or hung on the wall. Make a set of finger puppets that will encourage a child's imagination. Prompt their storytelling by giving them a group of puppets that follow a theme. Assemble the entire group together for an enchanting display when they are not in use.