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It lasts a month with night and day celebrations, floats, parades, district celebrations, masked dances, and other shows. The first masquerade took place in 1873, in response to the upper classes' dissatisfaction with having to pay hefty taxes. Thousands of travelers go to Italy for parades, Carnival masks and costumes, concerts, and music.
The Carnival of Venice (Italian: Carnevale di Venezia; Venetian: Carneval de Venèsia) is an annual festival held in Venice, Italy, famous throughout the world for its elaborate costumes and masks. The Carnival ends on Shrove Tuesday ( Martedì Grasso or Mardi Gras ), which is the day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday .
Masquerade ball at the Carnival of Venice. A Veneziana mask from Verona, Italy. German 16th century, a masquerade from Freydal, the tournament book of Maximilian I, c. 1515, pen and brown ink with watercolor on laid paper. One in a series at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection.
The impressive complex of the Citadel of the Carnevale di Viareggio was inaugurated in 2001 and is the largest and most important Italian thematic center dedicated to Carnival floats and masks. It houses sixteen large hangars and workshops where the giant floats are built, a laboratory where the art of papier-mâché is taught, three museum ...
A leather version of a Zanni mask, profile view. The Zanni's costume usually consists of white baggy clothing. This clothing was traditionally made out of flour sacks. [15] This was similar to the dress of peasants and farmworkers of the time. A specific type of Zanni, Brighella, wore accents of green to indicate his tricky and devious nature. [16]
A domino mask is a small and (often) rounded mask covering only the area around the eyes and the space between them. The mask has seen special prevalence since the 18th century, when it became traditional wear in particular local manifestations of Carnival, particularly with Venetian Carnival, as part of a domino costume, which included the mask and a black cloak.
Carnival Cruise Line has added a new ship to its fleet, Carnival Venezia, which puts an Italian twist on the “fun ship.” The ship departed on its first sailing from the U.S. on Thursday, a ...
Commedia dell'arte troupe I Gelosi performing, by Hieronymus Francken I, c. 1590 A commedia dell'arte street play during the Carnival of Venice. Commedia dell'arte (/ k ɒ ˈ m eɪ d i ə d ɛ l ˈ ɑːr t eɪ, k ə-,-ˈ m ɛ d i ə,-ˈ ɑːr t iː / kom-AY-dee-ə del-AR-tay, kəm-, - ED-ee-ə, - AR-tee, [1] [2] Italian: [komˈmɛːdja delˈlarte]; lit.