Post-Visit: Masks Magic & Mirrors
Post-Activities: #1 | #2 | #3 | #4

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

Students should be able to:

– Experience the creation of original artworks based on their museum observations

– Understand the symbolic symmetrical connection between masks and the creator or wearer

– Make informed judgements on the part the artworks played in the practical and spiritual aspects of the culture

Vocabulary

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

Quotes

I want to make high art that is funny, outrageous and also reveals the human condition, which is not always high.
— Robert Arneson

The aim off art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
— Aristotle

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