Pre-Visit: Masks Magic & Mirrors
Pre-Activities: #1 – #2 – #3 – #4 – #5 – #6 - #7

Key Questions

What can we learn about ourselves and other people, cultures, and times from the way faces in art objects are presented or disguised?

Objective/Goals/Learning Outcomes

Throughout this unit tudents should be able to:

— Understand and name different forms of the symmetries

— Create and/or perform symmetical patterns and mirror images

—Think about the transformational aspects of masks as examples of symmetrical art forms

— Create simple symmetrical mask forms

— Anticipate the idea of hidden messages behind the masks of diverse cultures

Vocabulary

bark cloth | clay pigments | disguise | helmet masks | motif
rattan | representation | static | symbol | symmetrical | taboo

Quotes

Art takes nature as its model
— Aristotle

The sculptor, and the painter also, should be trained in these liberal arts: grammar, geometry, philosophy, medicine, astronomy, perspective, history, anatomy, theory of design, arithmetic.
— Lorenzo Ghiberti

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