
Mask Makers and Their Craft
An Illustrated Worldwide Study
Deborah Bell(Author)
McFarland & Co Inc (Publisher)
Published on 24. September 2010
Book
Hardback
978-0-7864-4399-4 (ISBN)
Description
Profiling 30 mask makers from around the world, this book explores the motivations and challenges of contemporary artists working to bring the traditional methods and conventions of mask making to an evolving global theater. More than 150 photographs of mask makers and their works illustrate how the mythic iconography of masks is used in the modern fields of dance, mime, theatre, and storytelling. Topics include the ways in which mask artists and performers maintain a sense of universality despite varying local customs; the legacies of Italian mask makers Amleto and Donato Sartori and of the California-based Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre; and the ways in which traditional approaches in mask artistry continue to influence commercial mask performance ventures in film, on Broadway, and in touring masked performances.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Jefferson, NC
United States
Illustrations
ca. 150 photos, appendices, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 255 mm
Width: 178 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7864-4399-4 (9780786443994)
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Person
Deborah Bell is a professor in costume design at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, where she has taught for three decades.