Contextual Studies Carnival By Tasha Thorne, Nicole Zammit, Marcos Scicluna, Jacob Turner and Luke Sheldon ADADA Group F
History of Carnival
The Carnival Started By the order of ST. John of Jerusalem. It is a small period of fun and laughter before the Ramadan. During this Period all ages celebrate from the young to the elderly
Some Traditions that were celebrated and are still celebrated
Il-Parata Il-Parata was a dance that involved two groups of dancers. The groups represented the Christion's and the Turkes. The Parata was a way to remind everyone how the Great Siege was won by the Knights. This tradition is still practiced but a little different.
Some Traditions that were celebrated and are still celebrated
Il- Qarcilla The Qarcilla was like a big figolla in the shape of a women. It was carried by a man around the streets after they were ready to cut it and eat it. This tradition has died out.
Some Traditions that were celebrated and are still celebrated
Il-kukkanja The kukkanja was a huge tree logs and they would hang a lot of Baskets filled with eggs, fruit, sausage, salted meat, oranges and even live animals. On the top there would have been a globe with the sign of the Grand Master and he would give them a good amount of money. This tradition is still practiced but not how it was.
The Making of the Floats.
The first thing that is done is choosing the theme. Than they sketch the theme They measure the trailer so they want to get the trailer down They start to bend the metal and the wood so they could start the skull After they are done from the skull they will start the process for the "karta pesta".
The Making of the Floats.
The first coat is done with a paper and a mixture that is specific for the first coat (Flour, cold water and after boiling water). After the newspaper with white glue is used. After the brown paper is used and after white paper is used. The forms are made by clay, than fiber and than ressin ,after it is dried up they us it as a template to build up more forms.
The making of the floats
After they start to combine it together. The whole float is covered by white paper. After the colors are added. ( Acrylic based and florescent are used). A lot of colors are mixed together. After a week they start the process again.
Reference list
Book: Drawwiet u Tradizzjonijiet Maltin, Guido Lanfranco, seen on the 14,02, 2017. Malta Carnival 1958 Author unkown, seen on the 14,02, 2017
Venetian Carnival Masks
Luke Sheldon AD AD Group F
The Venetians Carnival tradition is mostly famous for its distinctive masks. Traditionally people were allowed to wear them between the festival of Santo Stefano which went by the name St.Stephen’s Day on December 26 and also at the start of the carnival season at midnight of Shrove Tuesday and the masks were also allowed on Ascension from October 5 to Christmas which allowed people to spend a large portion of the year in disguise.
Materials and design used
The venetian masks have lot of variety when it comes to materials. They can be made out of leather, porce or using the original glass technique. The original ones are rather simple in design, decoration and most of the time had a symbolic and practical function but nowadays most Italian masks are made with the application of gesso and gold leaf and are hand-painted using natural feathers and gems to decorate but are obviously more expensive.
The 12 step Process
1. First you start off make the paper mache paste.
2. Then tear some newspaper strips
3. Obtain a venetian mask template
4. Cut holes in the corners of the mask
5. Cover your mask template in paper mache Strips
6. Cut out the eye and the string holes
7. Apply two more layers of newspaper strips
8. After applying all the newspaper strips, let them dry
9. Now cover the mask in gesso
10. Paint the mask with acrylic paint
11. Garnish with feathers and sequins
12. Attach string or elastic to your mask after decorating the mask
The Process Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6evWdJeIbU
References
wikiHow. (2017). How to Make a Venetian Mask. [online] Available at: http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Venetian-Mask [Accessed 26 Mar. 2017]. En.wikipedia.org. (2017). Carnival of Venice. [online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_of_Venice [Accessed 26 Mar. 2017].
Costumes Marcos Scicluna Group F
History of Maltese Carnival.
The word carnival comes from a Italian phrase ‘Carne vale’, which means meat can be eaten, before the forty days of lent. Carnival days are meant to be a time of foolishness and jokes, no wonder in Malta is called ‘Zmien tal bluha’ (a time of foolishness). Carnival is Celebrated before the forty days of lent. Carnival in Malta began emerged when the Grand Master del Ponte in 1535, was allowing the knights to enter tournaments and pageants and they prove their skills and be rewarded.
Carnival of Malta - S. L. Cassar (18551928).
Carnival of Malta 2017
History of Rio de Janeiro's Carnival
The Rio de Janeiro’s carnival we know today was first introduced by the Portuguese. In the 1850s people used carnival that time to drees up masks and costumes and dance through the town among the commoners. In today time Carnival in Brazil had been evolved into the most biggest party all over the world. Full of samba dancing, beer drinking and a big majority of tourists.
Costume process
The process begin when the costume designer meet, the Head of costume. They discuss the requirements of the design, in which historical era is focused, and the financial plan. The designer is assigned a costume supervisor through out the design and construction process. The supervisor is accountable for making sure that the 2 dimensional sketches become 3 dimensional reality. Measurements are taken from each person. The designer and supervisor began to buy fabrics. If the designer needs a particular colour or pattern, fabric can be printed by our dye department. When the fabric arrives the work is began by the cutters in the workrooms. The work is to cut specific patterns of each designs, then once finished the markers will start the construction for the costume fittings. At the first fitting the designer decide the visual look of the garment, the length, style of trim while the cutters concentrate on the basic and technical aspects of the costume. Zips are avoided because it takes risking to get stuck instead they use industrial strength magnets.
Carnival influences from movies
These images represent the theme of sleeping beauty. Typical fairy named Fauna from the film Disney Sleeping Beauty, Maleficent and a costume of carnival 2017.
These images represent the theme of the witch. Typical villain named Maleficent from the film Disney Sleeping Beauty, Maleficent and a costume of carnival 2017.
Carnival influences from movies and places.
These images represent the theme of Alice in Wonderland. Typical Red Queen from the film Alice in wonderland and a costume of carnival with the same theme 2017.
These images represent couples that have very beautiful detailed costumes that are most popular in Venice. The other photo is taken at the carnival in Valletta, Malta and you can see the similarity.
18th century costumes in Jamie Lloyd's production of 'She Stoops to Conquer' at the National Theatre.
References
YouTube. (2017). She Stoops to Conquer - creating 18th century costumes. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT3UVsOQmOg [Accessed 25 Mar. 2017]. En.wikipedia.org. (2017). Maltese Carnival. [online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltese_Carnival#History [Accessed 25 Mar. 2017]. PRETI, C. (2017). Carnival: A History of its Costumes. [online] ABC News. Available at: http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/images-rio-de-janeiros-carnivalyears/story?id=18421981 [Accessed 25 Mar. 2017].
Malta Carnival And Carnival Rio de Janeiro Comparison
Malta Carnival
The Carnival in Malta is for all ages but its mostly for the children hence why the costumes are always made with bright coloured fabric and lots of glitter and sequence.
It’s Kind of a rule that all costumes that are going to be in the parade have to follow the theme of the Float (karru)
Before Carnival Costumes in Malta used to be a lot men and females dressing up as the opposite sex unlike today where people dress up as anything they wat like a celebrity or a character etc. . .
Costumes from the Vampire Ball theme
Carnival Rio de Janeiro Comparison
Carnival Rio de Janeiro Comparison
Unlike the carnival in Malta carnival in Rio is way different it is more extravagant and in the Rio carnival there is a lot samba dancers because it is in their culture The floats and the dancers in Carnival Rio de Janeiro are all acosiated with a samba school that brings its own theme to the parade and the schools also allow visitores to join for the expireince I personally saw a few feartures from Malta carnival 2017 that i comparied to Rio’s carnival de Janerio costume wise, like the feathers in the costumes there where fetured this year and all the seaquence and little jewelles
Comparisons women
Comparisons men
References from other countries Nicole Zammit
Carnival in Spain
The carnival of Madrid, Spain promises an amazing atmosphere full of parades ,masked balls, colourful and fancy costumes all taking place in the weeks prior to lent. The largest and the best known is the Cadiz carnival which includes fancy dress processions throughout the city, colourful costumes, floats , many creative masks and performances These performances are all very common in the Maltese carnival. We have performances of dancers with costumes, Beautiful masks and cotumes . Very creative colourful floats.
Spain’s Floats
Spanish floats ,In my opinion are much bigger than the traditional Maltese floats, and they are also very much busier unlike ours which are much simpler and colourful, I think The Spanish floats tend to have a lot of gold in them.
This is a Maltese costume from this year’s carnival
This is a costume from Spain’s Carnival
You can immediately notice that the colours are very much similar which are white ,gold and blue. But you can notice the difference how bigger the costume of Spain is in contrast with the Maltese is
Spanish floats ,In my opinion are much bigger than the traditional Maltese floats, and they are also very much busier unlike ours which are much simpler and colourful, I think The Spanish floats tend to have a lot of gold in them.
This is a Maltese costume from this year’s carnival
This is a costume from Spain’s Carnival
You can immediately notice that the colours are very much similar which are white ,gold and blue. But you can notice the difference how bigger the costume of Spain is in contrast with the Maltese is
Carnival in Venice
It also ends with the Christian celebration of lent. By the 16th centuray,Venitians were celebrating Carnival in style. This Carnival may be the most popular one in the world by how many people go just for this carnival to see the mask , costumes ,participate in dances, balls and their amazing floats The Venetian masks are the most popular ,they go all the way back in 1268. They are a huge part of today’s carnival in Venice. In Malta masks are also really popular and you can see them in carnival balls and even designed on floats or people wearing them as park of their costume.
Venetian costume Maltese costume
I can see some similarities especially in the gold and black in both costumes. I feel like the Maltese costume was really inspired by baroque pattern designs as well.
Venetian Floats Maltese Floats
The End
IL-LAMPA TA' SAN DIMITRI
By Tasha Thorne, Marcos Scicluna, Jacob Turner, Nicole Zammit, Luke Sheldon ADAD Group F
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Marcos Scicluna- Modern Church interior Luke Sheldon- Church interior/ Vehicles Tasha Thorne- Vehicles Jacob Turner- Fashion Nicole Zammit- Fashion
MODERN CHURCH INTERIOR RICHARD ENGL
• Richard England was born in Malta, in 3rd October 1937. • Through his life he worked as an architect, writer, artist and academic. • He went to St. Edward College, Malta and later on he graduated in Architecture in the University of Malta. • Later on, he continued studying in Italy at the Milan Polytechnic. • During studying in Italy he worked as an architect for the famous Italian architect designer Gio Ponti. • During his stay in Malta he designed many buildings such as the Church of St. Joseph, Manikata, Malta 1974 and many others.
RICHARD ENGLAND ARCHITECTS WORKS
•TOP LEFT IMAGE Aquasum Lido, Paceville, Malta,1987.
•TOP RIGHT IMAGE Hal Farrug Church Richard England, Malta.
•BOTTOM IMAGE •Dar il-Hanin Samanitan, Santa Venera, Malta, Richard England,2014.
MODERN CHURCHES AROUND THE WORLD
•TOP LEFT IMAGE Notre Dame Du Haut in Ronchamp
•TOP RIGHT IMAGE St. Joseph Ukrainian Catholic Church in Chicago.
•BOTTOM LEFT IMAGE Jubilee Church in Rome.
• BOTTOM RIGHT IMAGE Cathedral of Rio de Janiero
THE MEI LI ZHOU CHURCH IN HANGZHOU, IN EASTERN CHINA 'The Mei Li Zhou Church in Hangzhou, in Eastern China, displays a minimalist design and a welcoming exterior architecture, set in natural surroundings. Designed by Tsushima Design Studio, the church is meant to be a spiritual retreat for the community regardless of religious beliefs''.
REFERENCES
Wandererguides.com. (2017). Top 7 most original modern churches in the world | Wanderer Guides. [online] Available at: http://www.wandererguides.com/top-7-most-original-modern-churches-in-the-world/ [Accessed 21 May 2017].
Fairs, M. (2017). St. Bartholomew’s Church by Maxim Velcovsky | Dezeen. [online] Dezeen. Available at: https://www.dezeen.com/2007/04/09/st-bartholomew%E2%80%99s-church-by-maxim-velcovsky/ [Accessed 21 May 2017].
Review, D. (2017). The Church is made of Recycled Materials. [online] Allthingabout.blogspot.com.mt. Available at: http://allthingabout.blogspot.com.mt/2011/05/church-is-made-of-recycled-materials.html [Accessed 21 May 2017].
En.wikipedia.org. (2017). St Dimitri Chapel, Għarb. [online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Dimitri_Chapel,_G%C4%A7arb#Interior [Accessed 21 May 2017].
VEHICLES
• Interpreted the hovercraft instead of having the pirate ship that was in the original story.
• Manufactured/Texton Marine & Land Systems/Spent over $41mill Design
• Designed purposely for its use/ cargo and transporting soldiers. • Plain Color/low profile
• AQUA Submarine/Designed by/Sungchul Yang &Woonghee • Use/future needs/world poluted with people/means of underwater transport instead of cars.
AQUA Submarine
DESIGN
• Futuristic design/rounded & smooth edges and lines/Natural but balanced shape.
CHOSEN IMAGES FOR THE MOOD BOARD
OUTFIT FOR NATALIZIA FOR THE LEGEND OF SAN DIMITRI
Fashion in the 1950’s
Nicole Zammit Group F
1950’S FASHION / WOMEN
I will be talking about the outfit that the woman, Natalizia of the legend of San Dimitri will be wearing. Dresses and skirts played a big role in that time because woman were allowed to experiment in their clothing. In my opinion I really like the 50’s because of how women expressed themselves through fashion , they had beautiful dresses and you can notice that it is very girly.
HISTORY
After world war 2 ,fashion was still in transition and fabrics and new techniques were being experimented while the men were away, women began to gain an independence that was rare before the war. They left their homes to work in offices and factories, earning and managing their own money. Clothing was heavily restricted throughout and just after the war. Everything from the length of skirts to the size of collars was regulated.
DIOR
‘The New Look’ is what that Dior had in mind . The collection was launched in 1947 and was actually Dior’s first. The signature style was made up of certain key elements; full-skirts, waspy waists and soft shoulders. After wartime rationing the yards and yards of fabric used in the designs was a refreshing change.
NATALIZIA Outfits, make up and hairstyle all inspired by the 1950’s
REFERENCES
Vintage dancer /Debbie and Oscar/MARCH 17TH 2017 http://vintagedancer.com/1950s/1950s-fashion-history/ Last accessed on 19/05/17 Fifties web / http://fiftiesweb.com/fashion/1950s-fashion/ / October 15, 1996 /Last accessed on 19/05/17
FASHION Jacob turner
LATE 1960S
In the late 1960s the British invasion started the Mod look and the Hippie look with started to become a trend. For the hippie look people wore a lot of bright colours and a lot of tie-die clothing and grew out their hair and beard, as for the Mod looks people likes to keep it clean and simple and like the hippie look a lot of women wore miniskirts and showed more skin.
POP ART & ROY LICHTENSTEIN
Pop art is an art movement that started in Britani in the mid-1950s and in the US in the late 1950s. It was ideal for artist of that time like Warhol to discover beauty in massproduction, objects and daily life objects. This art movement was a form of rebellion against abstract. Roy Lichtenstein was a pop art artist that’s was a leading figure in the new art movement with was Pop art. Roy was inspired a lot by the design of comic books from that time and a lot of his work was strongly influenced with this style.
RETRO-FUTURISM
After World War II, Americans were told to harness technology in order to make their lives easier, products cheaper and more productive workers. Retro-futurism was a form of a sincere belief that grew in the 1950s.
