“Why did Poppea invent the use of a mask to hide the beauties of her face, but to enhance it to her lovers?”
michel de montaigne
Veils
The masks or veils use subtle methods of suggestion and ambiguity, for the intention of the veil itself is already an ambiguous statement between provocation and refusal. The blurred image is beyond any doubt ambiguous. Allegedly concealing, the veils provoke curiosity. Apparently exposing something, they prevent its identification.
façade
Just like the veils the façade helps to understand the essential being of the building. Through this, the desire gets its total satisfaction. The intention is to provoke curiosity and to stand in the spotlight.
The veiling of the beauty generates its actual value.
