World of Other Faces
Author: Jiwan Pani
Publisher: New Delhi : Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 72
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Author: Jiwan Pani
Publisher: New Delhi : Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 72
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David Dean Shulman
Publisher: U of M Center for South Asian Studies
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 294
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Throughout South India, masks are related to the presence of divine beings and, as such, induce transformation in the awareness of both performers and audience. Masked performance may also be powerfully linked to rituals of healing, which aim at freeing the self from states of blockage, isolation, and possession. Taken together, the essays offer an initial grammar of South Indian masking as the culture-specific formation of visible surfaces in which primary issues of identity, self-knowledge, and perception are brought into play. Masking thus implies meta-psychological perspectives on the notions of self, face, and maturation and on the internal economy of the mind in cultures far removed from standard Western psychological paradigms."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Arifur Zaman
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Published: 2015
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9788173055201
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Edward Malin
Publisher: Portland, Or. : Timber Press
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 180
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is devoted to a thorough explication of the techniques of Northwest Coast Indian mask-making, and the role of the artist and masks in the society.
Author: Jean Clare Hendry
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Published: 1964
Total Pages: 88
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Andreas Lommel
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Published: 1972
Total Pages: 240
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ankur Gupta
Publisher: Proman
Published: 2023-09-11
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9788188782239
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWORLD THEATRICAL MASKS The Many Faces of Expression: Art, Culture & Masks Step into a realm where each mask is a gateway to a different culture and tradition. This episode takes you on an enthralling journey from the ancient masks of Greece to the Dharmaraj masks representing death in Indian theater. Uncover the diverse roles and meanings that masks hold across various global cultures. Immerse yourself in the symbolism, purpose, and artistry that define each mask. This episode is enriched with captivating visual aids and offers an interactive quiz to test your newfound knowledge. Ideal for art enthusiasts, history aficionados, and anyone curious about the cultural significance of masks across the world.
Author: Janet Brody Esser
Publisher: Museum of New Mexico Press
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 374
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplores masks as integral aspects both of costumes and ceremonial performance across Mexico's widely diverse cultural borders. Covers origins and uses. A thorough, scholarly monograph that the lay reader will find easily accessible. Some 275 photos (11 in color). 9x12" The catalog of an exhibition of the Museum of International Folk Art (N.M.). Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Claude Levi-Strauss
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Published: 1988-05-01
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780295706573
DOWNLOAD EBOOKClaude Levi-Strauss's fascination with Northwest Coast Indian art dates back to the late 1930s. "Sometime before the outbreak of the Second World War," he writes, "I had already bought in Paris a Haida slate panel pipe." In New York in the early forties, he shared his enthusiasm with a group of Surrealist refugee artists with whom he was associated. "Surely it will not be long," he wrote in an article published in 1943, "before we see the collections from this part of the world moved from ethnographic to fine arts museums to take their just place amidst the antiquities of Egypt of Persia and the works of medieval Europe. For this art is not unequal to the greatest, and, in the course of the century and a half of its history that is known to us, it has shown evidence of a superior diversity and has demonstrated apparently inexhaustible talents for renewal." In "The Way of the Masks," first published more than thirty years later, he returned to this material, seeking to unravel a persistent problem that he associated with a particular mask, the Swaihwe, which is found among certain tribes of coastal British Columbia. This book, now available for the first time in an English translation, is a vivid, audacious illustration of Levi-Strauss's provocative structural approach to tribal art and culture. Bringing to bear on the Swaihwe masks his theory that mythical representations cannot be understood as isolated objects, Levi-Strausss began to look for links among them, as well as relationships between these and other types of masks and myths, treating them all as parts of a dialogue that has been going on for generations among neighboring tribes. The wider system that emerges form his investigation uncovers the association of the masks with Northwest coppers and with hereditary status and wealth, and takes the reader as far north as the Dene of Alaska, as far south as the Yurok of northern California, and as far away in time and space as medieval Europe. As one reader said of this book, "It will be controversial, as his work always is, and it will stimulate more scholarship on the Northwest Coast than any other single book that I can think of."
Author: Joseph Campbell
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Published: 1959
Total Pages: 524
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