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There was a notable difference in the comics in that Venom knew the identities of M. This weekly title lasted 80 issues before merging with the second incarnation of Eagle in Written by Andy Schmidt , M. Although the series was canceled, the characters from Brandon Easton's M. Comic Series returned later in as part of IDW's First Strike crossover [6] series, featured in both a one-shot issue and a six issue mini-series. Beginning in , British software house Gremlin Graphics released a trilogy of computer games based on the M. The premise of the game is that V.
The game received mostly favorable reviews at the time, although it was noted by some that the tie-in to the franchise was quite tenuous and only the graphics, rather than the storyline and gameplay, connected it to the M. The game featured many more of the M. Only one vehicle could be controlled at a time but these could be quickly interchanged. Again, the game was received favorably in the press, where it was noted that it was a better tie-in to the franchise than the first, because it featured more of the vehicles.
The player controls Matt Trakker unrecognizable in a space suit with helmet through a series of static screens featuring platform puzzles and obstacles which must be overcome using the powers of the various masks. The player can hold up to four masks at a time, but can only use the power of one at a time. The masks can also be exchanged at certain points in the game.
This game received the best reviews of the trilogy, despite the deviation from the franchise's storyline and style. In the animated series Transformers: Robots in Disguise , M. On December 15, , The Hollywood Reporter reported that Hasbro and Paramount were joining forces to create a shared cinematic universe combining M.
Joe , Micronauts , Visionaries: The oldest masks are the gigaku. The form no longer exists, and was probably a type of dance presentation. The bugaku developed from this — a complex dance-drama that used masks with moveable jaws. The masks are worn throughout very long performances and are consequently very light. Kabuki is the theatre of modern Japan, rooted in the older forms, but in this form masks are replaced by painted faces.
Theatre in the Middle East, as elsewhere, was initially of a ritual nature, dramatising man's relationship with nature, the gods, and other human beings. It grew out of sacred rites of myths and legends performed by priests and lay actors at fixed times and often in fixed locations. Folk theatre — mime, mask, puppetry, farce, juggling - had a ritual context in that it was performed at religious or rites of passage such as days of naming, circumcisions, and marriages.
Over time, some of these contextual ritual enactments became divorced from their religious meaning and they were performed throughout the year. Some years ago, kings and commoners alike were entertained by dance and mime accompanied by music where the dancers often wore masks, a vestige of an earlier era when such dances were enacted as religious rites.
According to George Goyan , this practice evoked that of Roman funeral rites where masked actor-dancers represented the deceased with motions and gestures mimicking those of the deceased while singing the praise of his life see Masks in Performance above. Masks are used throughout Europe, and are frequently integrated into regional folk celebrations and customs. Old masks are preserved and can be seen in museums and other collections, and much research has been undertaken into the historical origins of masks. Most probably represent nature spirits , and as a result many of the associated customs are seasonal.
The original significance would have survived only until the introduction of Christianity which then incorporated many of the customs into its own traditions. In the process their meanings were also changed so, for example, old gods and goddesses were, literally, demonised and were viewed as mere devils , subjugated to the Abrahamic God. Many of the masks and characters used in European festivals belong to the contrasting categories of the 'good', or 'idealised beauty', set against the 'ugly' or 'beastly' and grotesque.
This is particularly true of the Germanic and Central European festivals. Another common type is the Fool , sometimes considered to be the synthesis of the two contrasting type of Handsome and Ugly. The oldest representations of masks are animal masks, such as the cave paintings of Lascaux in the Dordogne in southern France. Such masks survive in the alpine regions of Austria and Switzerland, and may be connected with hunting or shamanism , and tend to be particularly associated with the New Year and Carnival festivals. The debate about the meaning of these and other mask forms continues in Europe, where monsters , bears , wild men , harlequins , hobby horses , and other fanciful characters appear in carnivals throughout the continent.
It is generally accepted that the masks, noise, colour and clamour are meant to drive away the forces of darkness and winter, and open the way for the spirits of light and the coming of spring. Another tradition of European masks developed, more self-consciously, from court and civic events, or entertainments managed by guilds and co-fraternities. These grew out of the earlier revels and had become evident by the 15th century in places like Rome, and Venice , where they developed as entertainments to enliven towns and cities.
Thus the Maundy Thursday carnival in St Marks Square in Venice, attended by the Doge and aristocracy also involved the guilds, including a guild of maskmakers. By the 18th century, it was already a tourist attraction, Goethe saying that he was ugly enough not to need a mask. The carnival was repressed during the Napoleonic Republic, although in the s its costumes and the masks aping the C 18th heyday were revived.
During the Reformation, many of these carnival customs began to die out in Protestant regions, although they seem to have survived in Catholic areas despite the opposition of the ecclesiastical authorities. So by the 19th century, the carnivals of the relatively wealthy bourgeois town communities, with elaborate masques and costumes, existed side-by-side with the ragged and essentially folkloric customs of the rural areas.
In the beginning of the new century, on 19 August , the Bulgarian archeologist Georgi Kitov discovered a g gold mask in the burial mound "Svetitsata" near Shipka , Central Bulgaria. It is a very fine piece of workmanship made out of massive 23 karat gold. Unlike other masks discovered in the Balkans of which 3 are in Republic of Macedonia and two in Greece , it is now kept in the National Archaeological Museum in Sofia. It is considered to be the mask of a Thracian king, presumably Teres. Masks play a key part within world theatre traditions, particularly non-western theatre forms.
They also continue to be a vital force within contemporary theatre, and their usage takes a variety of forms.
In many cultural traditions, the masked performer is a central concept and is highly valued. In the western tradition, actors in Ancient Greek theatre wore masks, as they do in traditional Japanese Noh drama. In some Greek masks, the wide and open mouth of the mask contained a brass megaphone enabling the voice of the wearer to be projected into the large auditoria. In medieval Europe, masks were used in mystery and miracle plays to portray allegorical creatures, and the performer representing God frequently wore a gold or gilt mask.
During the Renaissance , masques and ballet de cour developed - courtly masked entertainments that continued as part of ballet conventions until the late eighteenth century. The masked characters of the Commedia dell'arte included the ancestors of the modern clown. In contemporary western theatre, the mask is often used alongside puppetry to create a theatre which is essentially visual rather than verbal, and many of its practitioners have been visual artists.
Masks are an important part of many theatre forms throughout world cultures, and their usage in theatre has often developed from, or continues to be part of old, highly sophisticated, stylized theatrical traditions. Masks and puppets were often incorporated into the theatre work of European avant-garde artists from the turn of the nineteenth century.
Alfred Jarry , Pablo Picasso , Oskar Schlemmer , and other artists of the Bauhaus School, as well as surrealists and Dadaists , experimented with theatre forms and masks in their work. In the 20th century, many theatre practitioners, such as Meyerhold , Edward Gordon Craig , Jacques Copeau , and others in their lineage, attempted to move away from Naturalism. They turned to sources such as Oriental Theatre particularly Japanese Noh theatre and commedia dell'arte , [46] both of which forms feature masks prominently.
Edward Gordon Craig — in A Note on Masks proposed the virtues of using masks over the naturalism of the actor. Copeau, in his attempts to "Naturalise" the actor [49] decided to use mask to liberate them from their "excessive awkwardness". Lecoq met Amleto Satori , a sculptor, and they collaborated on reviving the techniques of making traditional leather Commedia masks.
Later, developing Copeau's "noble mask", Lecoq would ask Satori to make him masques neutre the neutral mask. For Lecoq, masks became an important training tool, the neutral mask being designed to facilitate a state of openness in the student-performers, moving gradually on to character and expressive masks, and finally to "the smallest mask in the world" the clown's red-nose. One highly important feature of Lecoq's use of mask, wasn't so much its visual impact on stage, but how it changed the performers movement on stage.
It was a body-based approach to mask work, rather than a visually led one. This work with masks also relates to performing with portable structures and puppetry. Students of Lecoq have continued using masks in their work after leaving the school, such as in John Wright 's Trestle Theatre. In America, mask-work was slower to arrive, but the Guerrilla Theatre movement, typified by groups such as the San Francisco Mime Troupe and Bread and Puppet Theatre took advantage of it.
Influenced by modern dance, modern mime, Commedia dell'arte and Brecht such groups took to the streets to perform highly political theatre. Peter Schumann , the founder of Bread and Puppet theatre, made particular use of German Carnival masks. These companies, and others, have a strong social agenda, and combine masks, music and puppetry to create a visual theatrical form.
These companies had a big influence on the next generation of groups working in visual theatre, including IOU and Horse and Bamboo Theatre , who create a theatre in which masks are used along with puppets, film and other visual forms, with an emphasis on the narrative structure. Masks are also familiar as pieces of kit associated with practical functions, usually protective. There has been a proliferation of such masks recently but there is a long history of protective armour and even medical masks to ward off plague.
The contrast with performance masks is not always clear-cut. Ritual and theatrical masks themselves can be considered to be practical, and protective masks in a sports context in particular are often designed to enhance the appearance of the wearer. Protective masks are pieces of kit or equipment worn on the head and face to afford protection to the wearer, and today usually have these functions:.
In Roman gladiatorial tournaments masks were sometimes used. From archaeological evidence it is clear that these were not only protective but also helped make the wearer appear more intimidating. In medieval Europe and in Japan soldiers and samurai wore similarly ferocious-looking protective armour , extending to face-masks. In the 16th century, the Visard was worn by women to protect from sunburn.
Today this function is attributed to thin balaclavas. In sport the protective mask will often have a secondary function to make the wearer appear more impressive as a competitor. Masks are sometimes used to avoid recognition.
A mask is an object normally worn on the face, typically for protection, disguise, performance, or entertainment. Masks have been used since antiquity for both. Mask is a American biographical drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich , starring Cher, Sam Elliott, and Eric Stoltz with supporting roles played by.
As a disguise the mask acts as a form of protection for the wearer who wishes to assume a role or task without being identified by others. In modern lucha libre, masks are colourfully designed to evoke the images of animals, gods , ancient heroes , and other archetypes. The mask is considered "sacred" to some degree, placing its role closer to the ritual and performance function. Masks are sometimes used to punish the wearer either by signalling their humiliation or causing direct suffering:.
Decorative masks may be worn as part of a costume outside of ritual or ceremonial functions. This is often described as a masque , and relates closely to carnival styles. For example, attendants of a costume party will sometimes wear masks as part of their costumes. Masks have been used in many horror films to conceal the identities of the killer. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For other uses, see Mask disambiguation. Masks among Eskimo peoples. The Living Tradition of Yup'ik Masks: