Masquerade Mask

characterised by their ornate design,

featuring bright colours such as gold or
silver and the use of complex decorations in
By: Esmeralda Moran the baroque style.

In this article i'm gonna be talking

about the masquerade culture mask that i
study. This culture is located in San Marco,
Venice Italy. I researched this culture
because when i was looking for a country
for a mask i saw a picture of the
masquerade mask that caught my eye, with
the designs, colors and the things that were
added like feathers etc.It's a very beautiful
and fancy culture and the masks are really
elegant as well. Figure 2. Carnival Of Venice

To create my maks during this

project i had to see pictures of masks on
google to have an idea on how i wanted to
do my mask and I also used the popular
colors that were used on the mask (Gold)
on 18th century because i wanted to bring
old days to new days. I wanted to create
something similar to the other masks so i
took some ideas from the pictures and my
own ideas too. I didn't copy a lot of the
culture art mask because i wanted to create
something new the only thing i copy was the
colors and the shape of the mask the rest of
it was my own design.

Figure 1. Culture location, San Marco Venice Italy

In the 18th century Venetian masks

were a centuries-old tradition of Venice,
Italy. The masks are typically worn during
the Carnival (Carnival of Venice), but have
been used on many other occasions in the
past, usually as a device for hiding the Figure 3. Example of Venetian Masquerade Mask
wearer's identity and social status.This
really creative masks was design with The elements that were used in the
different materials generally hand painted mask that inspired me to do the mask was
and adorned with little plastic crystals or everything like feathers, lace, colors and
feathers, ribbon paper mache or plaster, jewelry and everything that made the mask
screen printed pattern, jewelry, coatings, look really pretty.
lace, this materials makes the mask look
elegant and beautiful. Venetian masks are
 Figure 4. You can see clearly the
elements that they used to create the mask

At the end everything was a success I really

enjoyed doing the mask and I liked the
results. I think learning about Venetia
culture helped me a lot to create my mask. I
learned a lot of things and In my opinion
Venetia is a really elegant country.

Figure 5. My own mask