EAST ASIAN ARTS Flashcards
best known and most popular style of Japanese art, which is Japanese for “pictures of the floating world” and it is related to the style of woodblock print making
ukiyo-e
is done with different colours in accordance with the performing characters personality and historical assessment
Peking Opera face painting
other name of Peking Opera
jingju lianpu
is called the false mask
lianpu
Red indicates devotion, courage, bravery, up rightness, and loyalty
Guan Ju
Yellow signifies fierceness, ambition, and cool-headedness
Huang Pang
A green face tells the audience that the character is not only impulsive and violent but also lacks self-restraint
Zhu Wen
Black symbolises roughness and fierceness. The black face indicates either a rough and bold character or an impartial and selfless personality.
Zhang Fei
Purple stands for up rightness and cool headedness
Lian Po
White suggests treachery, suspiciousness, amd craftiness.
Cao Cao
interpretation of the actors own role through the medium of the facial features.
Kabuki makeup or kesho
Two types of Kabuki makeup
Standard makeup
Kumadori makeup
kabuki makeup applied to most actors
Standard Makeup
kabuki makeup applied to villains and heroes
Kumadori makeup
In kabuki make up, dark red represents:
passion or anger