Costumes+and+Masks

MASKS: -Masks are a very important addition to commedia del’arte. -Commedia is associated with being a low or peasant's type of performance. It is normally very silly and weird/strange -Traditional commedia masks were usually made from leather, though cloth, plastic or paper-maché
 * Costumes and Masks **

typically dressed in a tight-fitting red vest, red breeches and stockings, a pleated black cassock, slippers, and a soft brimless hat.” || || deceitful and braggart soldier, dressed in a bright and colorful uniform.  This was usually a suit with multi-colored stripes and gilt buttons, acap and a large sword with several rust marks or even some cobwebs || ||
 * “Pantaloon, or Pantalone, was a greedy merchant. He was
 * Capitano's character in Commedia dell'Arte is usually a vainglorious,

 style of a medieval doctor, with a huge black suit, often with a ruff and a notary's beret or large doctor's cap. He wears a mask over  half of his face that highlights his bulbous nose || || representing what maids wore in the 1700s. She sometimes wore colorful patches  (like Arlecchino) set off by a small white cuff and an apron of the same color. She wears a mask <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;">just covering the eyes and exposing the mouth so <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;">that the wearer is able to eat and drink freely. || ||
 * <span style="color: #0d0202; font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;">Il Dottore in Commedia dell'Arte is usually dressed in the traditional
 * <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;">Colombina's costume is usually simple,

<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;"> the only unmaskedcharacters in the show. They were the plot engines <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;">behind the stories. These characters were young lovers, so <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;"> typically around each other they would look very proper. || || <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;">Lau__T, Fashion trotter /. “FANTASY WORLD / PERFORMANCE ACT -.” Pinterest, 19 Mar. 2013, www.pinterest.com/pin/55732114111305009/.
 * <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;">The Innamorati (young lovers)-The Commedia lovers were
 * <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;">WORK CITED:

<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;">“Masks and Mask-Making - La Commedia dell'Arte.” Google Sites, sites.google.com/site/italiancommedia/costumes-masks-and-makeup/masks-and-mask-making.

<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;">“Masks and Mask-Making - La Commedia dell'Arte.” Google Sites, sites.google.com/site/italiancommedia/costumes-masks-and-makeup/masks-and-mask-making.

<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;">“Masks and Mask-Making - La Commedia dell'Arte.” Google Sites, sites.google.com/site/italiancommedia/costumes-masks-and-makeup/masks-and-mask-making. ||=  ||