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Venetian Carnivale Masks Venice, Italy- port city and series of islands famous for beautiful art, architecture, music Venice is known for canals: waterways used as streets Scenes of the Grand Canal... Carnevale Di Venezia - first held in

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Venetian Carnivale Masks

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Venice, Italy- port city and series of islands famous for beautiful art, architecture, music

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Venice is known for canals: waterways used as streets

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Scenes of the Grand Canal...

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Carnevale Di Venezia - first held in 1268 (Mardi Gras)

People wore masks to Carnivale parties and events. When wearing masks, they could go anywhere and do anything they wanted to, even if it was against the RULES of SOCIETY.

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Mascareri- mask makers formed their

  • wn artists’ guild in 1436

Mariegola- set of rules for mask making to preserve quality and traditions

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Materials for traditional Venetian Masks:

  • Paper-maché, molded leather,
  • r plaster (Paris-craft) for base
  • Acrylic or oil paint
  • Gold or Silver Leaf
  • Beads, pearls, jewels, sequins
  • Sheet music scraps
  • Glitter
  • Feathers
  • Ribbon or lace
  • Dimensional Paint (“puff paint”)

We’ll use PARIS-CRAFT for building

and ACRYLIC paint for painting.

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Venetian Mask Styles

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Volto Masks

FULL face masks, Used for complete disguise

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Mezzo-Volto Masks

HALF face masks, used to make eating, drinking, and talking easier!

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Commedia Dell’Arte Masks

  • For actors in

Carnivale theater productions

  • Grotesque,

exaggerated features

  • Mezzo-volto- actor’s

mouth is free for speaking

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Plague Masks

  • Use: Originally worn by

doctors visiting Black Plague victims (“Il Dattore”)

  • Long beak-like nose

held spices and potpourri so they wouldn’t smell sickness, dead people

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Bauta Masks

  • Use: Worn by rich people

for disguise when breaking society rules

  • Intimidating,

covers whole face like a shield

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Jester Masks

  • For festivities
  • Often use musical notes

in designs

  • Mezzo or volto
  • Any appendages = very

advanced building

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Colombina Masks

  • Use: For

Carnivale celebrations, most popular style

  • Mezzo-Volto

(HALF face) style

  • Very ornate/uses

lots of materials

  • Can be worn by

tying with ribbon

  • r held on a stick
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Harlequin Pattern Colombina

  • Diamond pattern in

alternating colors

  • Can be combined with
  • ther design elements

to look more unique

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Colombina Masks

  • Inspirations from nature
  • Color choices can

totally change/effect a design

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Colombina Masks

Detailed Painting with fewer embellishments

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Colombina Masks

  • Use of dimensional paint for interesting surface

texture, emphasize design elements

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Colombina Masks

  • Highly embellished
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Your Venetian Carnivale mask design requirements:

  • MEZZO-VOLTO Colombina style
  • ORIGINAL design (not an exact copy of one you’ve

seen; synthesize ideas you see with your own)

  • At least 2 PAINT COLORS in the painted design

pattern (NO 1- color designs)

  • At least 1 TEXTURAL ELEMENT (embellishment)
  • LABELS showing all embellishments and attached

materials (glitter, feathers, etc.)

  • Your sketch must be followed EXACTLY for the

remainder of the project. You may not change the design after the sketch has been approved and graded.