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- catalog abstract "This volume explores how the creation of transformational makeup for theater, movies, and television fulfills a fundamental human fantasy of inhabiting other bodies and experiencing other lives through self-transformation and satisfies the desire to become "the other." The author begins by discussing the cultural role of fantasies of transformation and what these fantasies reveal about questions of personal identity. He next turns to professional makeup artists and describes their background, training, careers, and especially the techniques they use to create their art. Then, with numerous before-during-and-after photos of transformational makeups from popular and little-known shows and movies, ads, and artist's demos and portfolios, he reveals the art and imagination that go into six kinds of mask-making -- representing demons, depicting aliens, inventing disguises, transforming actors into different (older, heavier, disfigured) versions of themselves, and creating historical or mythological characters. "Wearing a mask - putting on another face - embodies a fundamental human fantasy of inhabiting other bodies and experiencing other lives. In this extensively illustrated book, Thomas Morawetz explores how the creation of transformational makeup for theater, movies, and television fulfills this fantasy of self-transformation and satisfies the human desire to become "the other.""--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12284819.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""Wearing a mask - putting on another face - embodies a fundamental human fantasy of inhabiting other bodies and experiencing other lives. In this extensively illustrated book, Thomas Morawetz explores how the creation of transformational makeup for theater, movies, and television fulfills this fantasy of self-transformation and satisfies the human desire to become "the other.""--Jacket.".
- catalog description "This volume explores how the creation of transformational makeup for theater, movies, and television fulfills a fundamental human fantasy of inhabiting other bodies and experiencing other lives through self-transformation and satisfies the desire to become "the other." The author begins by discussing the cultural role of fantasies of transformation and what these fantasies reveal about questions of personal identity. He next turns to professional makeup artists and describes their background, training, careers, and especially the techniques they use to create their art. Then, with numerous before-during-and-after photos of transformational makeups from popular and little-known shows and movies, ads, and artist's demos and portfolios, he reveals the art and imagination that go into six kinds of mask-making -- representing demons, depicting aliens, inventing disguises, transforming actors into different (older, heavier, disfigured) versions of themselves, and creating historical or mythological characters.".
- catalog description "[pt. 1:] The culture and art of transformation -- The significance and invention of faces -- The culture of transformation -- The art of transformation -- [pt. 2:] The practice of transformation -- The demonic -- Aliens -- Disguise for its own sake -- Variant selves -- Impersonation -- Beyond human.".
- catalog extent "xii, 234 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Making faces, playing God.".
- catalog identifier "0292752466 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0292752474 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Making faces, playing God.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Austin : University of Texas Press,".
- catalog relation "Making faces, playing God.".
- catalog subject "792/.027 21".
- catalog subject "Impersonation.".
- catalog subject "PN2068 .M59 2001".
- catalog subject "Self-perception.".
- catalog subject "Theatrical makeup.".
- catalog tableOfContents "[pt. 1:] The culture and art of transformation -- The significance and invention of faces -- The culture of transformation -- The art of transformation -- [pt. 2:] The practice of transformation -- The demonic -- Aliens -- Disguise for its own sake -- Variant selves -- Impersonation -- Beyond human.".
- catalog title "Making faces, playing God : identity and the art of transformational makeup / Thomas Morawetz.".
- catalog type "text".