The Art Of Opera Masks And Its Impact On Modern Theatrical Makeup Art

Opera mask is an important part of the art of Chinese opera, and is one of the important characteristics of the opera art. It embodied the intrinsic aesthetic qualities of the theatrical art, conveyed opera roles’moral judgments. And the abstractness of its shape, impressionistic lines, color aesthetic to show the unique culture of the Chinese. As the unique art of makeup in Chinese opera, facial makeup the actor means necessary to complete the role of artistic design. Modern drama makeup not only depicts the role’s external morphology of different physiological characteristics such as age, personality, ethnicity, race, and reveals the role of origin, social experience, living conditions, and the thoughts and feelings reflected in appearance. This article takes the opera mask art feature as a starting point, starting from the religion, folklore, culture, view to explore its impact on the China’s drama makeup art performance practices, the role of the character embodies, and the use of color.Opera art features are:decorative, symbolic (Freehand),and programmability. By analyzing the level of aesthetics from traditional Chinese Opera to the beauty of art (in the form of decorative exterior features) the accuracy of the expression, study its Chinese drama makeup art. In the performance practices, the drama makeup is divided into realistic and impressionistic (symbol), Peking Opera makeup on Chinese drama is reflected in the art of influence more impressionistic, the appropriate use of impressionistic techniques for drama character modeling, can be given to innovative drama and meaning.Chinese drama in impressionistic makeup, the advantage is quite strong sense of form, to highlight and strengthen the role of certain aspects of the feature, and there is a lot of freedom freehand room for innovation, in line with the modern aesthetic philosophy.Dramatic art of makeup is shape the artistic image, typical character creation, by drawing highly exaggerated, highly concise Peking Opera, it can find and create the character connotation which under the decorative exterior features, thus accurate and profound reveal the inner world of characters, rich their emotion, enhance their expression.There are various forms of artistic expression, although responsible for multiple functions of color, but the color of Peking Opera characters symbolic emphasis on character and personality.Makeup in Chinese drama, the color still has a very strong ethics function,"blending appraise, do good and evil", but also by the impact of modern aesthetic and artistic features of theater performances constraints, flexible use the change rule of color constitutes the color beauty makeup in the drama of the rich artistic expression.Peking Opera Art has a long history, is a treasure of Chinese art galleries, and has a profound impact on Chinese drama art of makeup.Its artistic charm is worth to study and carry forward.