Multiple Masks

In Multiple Masks, Maureen A. Carr studies Igor Stravinsky's creative process for Oedipus Rex, Apollo, Persäphone, and Orpheus through his musical sketches and other documents?scenarios, librettos, correspondence, reviews, and philosophical commentaries, as well as previously uncited sources for Stravinsky's book Poetics of Music. A clear explanation of Stravinsky's compositional techniques within a broad cultural context emerges for each of these four significant works. Carr concludes that Stravinsky used Greek myths as filters for certain poetic ideas and musical techniques that he developed in his earlier works. At the same time the mythological story lines provided him with the objective stance that he was seeking in these neoclassical works.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword: The Shifting Shaman of the Modern Age -- Introduction: Somebody Else Took His Place, and Bravely Cried -- 1. Masks All the Way Down -- 2. Mishima, Bowie and the Anti-Metaphysics of the Mask -- 3. Not All That Glitters Is Gold: Ziggy Stardust and the Fractured Mask of a Generation -- 4. Watch That Man: Splicing Tape with Burroughs and Bowie -- 5. From Vigilius Haufniensis to Ziggy Stardust: Pseudonyms, Irony and Truth in Kierkegaard and Bowie -- 6. Mascara and Marriage: The Twin Masks of David Bowie and Robert Smith -- 7. The Great Contrarians -- 8. Seeing Things Like Hunter: Ralph Steadman's Cartoon Visions as Revelatory Masks in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas -- 9. The Beautiful Madness: The Primacy of Wonder in the Work of Thomas Ligotti -- 10. The Skin and the Double: Firbank's Aesthetics of Surface -- 11. God's Twisted Identity -- 12. Wishful Beginnings and Creative Ends: Conversation with Davide De Angelis -- 13. On Existentialism and the Occult: Conversation with Gary Lachman -- 14. The Many Masks of Manifestation -- Epilogue: Art for Art's Sake -- Notes on Contributors -- Index -- Back Cover.

At 30 years old, Lewis Howes was outwardly thriving but unfulfilled inside. He was a successful athlete and businessman, achieving goals beyond his wildest dreams, but he felt empty, angry, frustrated, and always chasing something that was never enough. His whole identity had been built on misguided beliefs about what "masculinity" was. Howes began a personal journey to find inner peace and to uncover the many masks that men – young and old – wear. In The Mask of Masculinity, Howes exposes the ultimate emptiness of the Material Mask, the man who chases wealth above all things; the cowering vulnerability that hides behind the Joker and Stoic Masks of men who never show real emotion; and the destructiveness of the Invincible and Aggressive Masks worn by men who take insane risks or can never back down from a fight. He teaches men how to break through the walls that hold them back and shows women how they can better understand the men in their lives. It's not easy, but if you want to love, be loved and live a great life, then it's an odyssey of self-discovery that all modern men must make. This book is a must-read for every man – and for every woman who loves a man.

This book is about the use of exoticism, particularly the use of masks and stylized movement, in opera and other musical theater genres of the twentieth century. The author explores in depth a topic that effects a wide variety of important composers, dancers, and dramatists, but has never been comprehensively studied.

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Theatre Masks Out Side In examines masks from different angles and perspectives, combining the history, design, construction, and use of masks into one beautifully illustrated resource. Each chapter includes key information about an element of mask study: history and uses, theatre traditions, practical principles for directing, performing exercises, design considerations, mask-making techniques, and considering makeup as mask. Artist interviews, theatre company profiles, and hundreds of images provide insight into the variety of mask styles and performance applications. Project suggestions, discussion questions, useful worksheets, creative prompts, and resources for sourcing masks are included to inspire further exploration. Theatre Masks Out Side In is designed with the beginning theatre maker in mind, as well as prop makers, costume designers and technicians, and actors learning to use masks in performance.

Release your creative potential with Adobe Lightroom CC 2023 selections and masks! In November 2021, Adobe launched a game changing version of Lightroom with new selection and masking features. Then only a year later, they improved on this, introducing new tools made possible by Artificial Intelligence. With these tools, it’s now possible for photographers using Lightroom, to create masks and selections rivalling Photoshop. In this comprehensive guide, you will find step-by-step instruction covering the Lightroom selection tools and teaching you how to realise their potential. With a straightforward, no-nonsense approach, you'll quickly master these, and unlock a whole new world of photo editing capabilities. You will learn about: · Each of the selection and masking tools including the new Select Object and Select People Tools. · The different elements of the Masks Panel. · Combining the different selection tools to create previously impossible masks. · How the Add and Subtract options are used to refine Masks. · How to intersect selections to easily create complex Masks. Packed with detailed descriptions of the tools, this book includes six full-length editing examples for you to follow. You can also download the image files from the book to practice what you learn on your own computer. Unlock the power of Lightroom's latest selection and masking tools with this comprehensive guide.

This interdisciplinary collection explores four distinct perspectives about the mask, as object of use for protection, identity, and disguise. In part I, contributors address human identities within collective social performance, with chapters on performativity and the far right and masked identities in political resistance and communication. Part II focuses on the mask as a signifying object with strong representational challenges, exploring representations in festivals, literature, and film. Part III investigates the ambiguous use of the mask as a protective and concealing element, delving into visual culture and digital social media contexts. Finally, Part VI draws on the work of Levinas and Deleuze to investigate a philosophical view of the mask that addresses memory and ethics within intersubjective relationships. Questioning the contemporary world, using communication, sociology, visual culture, and philosophical theory, the volume provides a pedagogical and formative perspective on the mask.