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🇫🇷 FranceLorgnette
Spectacles mounted on a handle for holding in place.Frame · 1770
WorldTheatrical makeup
Makeup used to create character appearances for theater productions.Makeup
🇯🇵 JapanKumadori
Theatrical makeup for kabuki actors using coloured stripes to show character traits.Makeup
🇨🇳 ChinaJing
A Chinese opera role for mighty men, defined by heavy face painting.Makeup
WorldFake moustache
A prosthetic facial hair piece used for disguise, performance, or style.Moustache
WorldContouring
A makeup method using darker and lighter shades to sculpt facial features.Makeup
🇨🇳 ChinaSichuan opera
A Chinese theatre form from Sichuan known for mask changing and distinct makeup.Makeup · 1700
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Lorgnette: Museum Rotterdam, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Theatrical makeup: Mrgarden 2342, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kumadori: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Jing: G41rn8, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Fake moustache: ABC Photo, Public domain, source
- Contouring: Tobias ToMar Maier, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sichuan opera: No machine-readable author provided. Dice~commonswiki assumed (based o, CC BY-SA 3.0, source