Momento Mori

Monemento Mori is a term that prepares you for after life its lain for ''remember you must die'' which goes with the saying that we are born then live to die As noone can out live death. Monemento Mori was very religious during the 17th century It was almost worshiped as people worship God with forms of art so was Monemento Mori. I do feel that it was so popular as death was part of culture then so anything that celebrated that was taken very seriously. As I've mentioned in a previous post about death traditions such as lockets and photographs and as we know photographs are an art form Monemento Mori was another term to celebrate the persons life and that they've reached death It almost reminds me of day of the dead where they celebrate the dead every year praise and give thanks to them. Even Picasso dedicated work to it the top image is Pablo Picasso's work 'still life with skull' painted in 1945 showing that even the mos famous artists incorpet death into there art which I can understand by doing art and design I feel that romance and death go together with art and they both link together as you get the same feeling from both love and fear.

The importance of continuity

My main aim for this project is to get the continuity right as there's nothing more annoying than watching a TV series or film and noticing a difference within  a character that's meant to be in the same scene. I do realise that it can be hard to get a look the exactly the same as a previous look so I documented each stage of doing my look and I also wrote notes on what products I used and what order etc to help the process go faster and easier the second time round. continuity is also very important for your career as it looks very unprofessional if  you decide to do a hairstyle or look differently it also ruins the feel of reality for the audience it will stop them from being so drawn in to the scene. others ways of helping community is making sure if on the first time of doing it you adapt the face chart or look you document it straight away so if your unable to do it the second time the other makeup artist would follow the first face chart that's why you have to write your notes in detail almost as if you were writing for someone who doesn't have a clue about makeup, also arranging your mirror with images and notes so there constantly infront of you so you don't accidently adapt any aspect.

Victorian Hairstyles

Women's hairstyles during the Victorian era were very simplistic and modest as they were very prude during that time. The hairstyles portrayed exactly this with very neatly designed hair styles that were thought out and carefully constructed. To create the up hair dues you would need a great length of hair but during that period of time women didn't really cut their hair so it would be extremely long but if for some reason the hair wasn't long enough hair pieces would be used.

The invention of the curling iron effected Victorian women as they had new ways to create curls but over use of that curling and damaging the hair by over heating meant that there once long hair fell out.The Hairdresser that created the curling irong was M.Marcell Grateau he created them in 1870.

Early Victorian hair 1837-1850 was immaculately kept and controlled curls were tight and  inthe front covering some of the face then the rest of the hair pinned back and either rolled or in a bun.

Midd Victorian times 1850-1870 curls were still relevant although they weren't as structured they were softer looking which I feel is more appealing. Platts and decorative hair accessories were in fashion also using flowers to create beautiful designs 

Late Victorian times ment new ways and inventions to hair styling introduction of the bustle, which added volume to the hair styles the curls went further back and hair styles got higher also false fringes and hair pieces added to the looks  

Victorian hair styles on television.
Penny dreadful although I haven't yet watched this tv series I am excited about it it was set in late Victorian times around the 1890s the hair is till off the face but it isn't as structured as early Victorian as the partings aren't dead on center and it seems that during the later Victorian times they were more relaxed I feel that the more relaxed look worked better than having pieces of hair squaring off the face as that was very unflattering for most.




















Victorian hair styles 

 I sectioned the hair curled the top rolled with my fingers back combed and pinned leaving equal gaps in between then for the bun I put it into 4 sections rolled in pinned and pulled them closer together to finish the look I curled the bottom hair. I liked creating this look it was quite simple and easy to do I would consider adapting and doing it again.