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Commedia dell arte masks capitano.
An unsympathetic character he was originally a parody of the french and spanish mercenaries who overran 16th century italy.
He was the prototype of a pretentious but cowardly military man.
Below are some of the pieces from the arté masks workshop all designed and constructed by the hand of the artist majd murad.
The captain masks were originally flesh colored with a menacing nose to represent a bullying personality.
Il dottore is a comic personage originally from well fed and learned bologna.
Masks were originally all made of leather but now more commonly made of neoprene.
Il capitano il kapiˈtaːno italian for the captain is one of the four stock characters of commedia dell arte.
This specific capitano represents cocodrillo crocodile and comes from classically trained mask maker alan g.
The captain uses bravado and excessive shows of manliness to hide his true cowardly nature.
Capitano stock character of the italian commedia dell arte.
89 00 capitano is the braggart soldier.
This mask reflects the severity of the stock character as well as celebrating his egoistic characteristics.
The capitano penenaso commedia mask combines the energies of a pig and an eagle.
He wears a mask over half of his face that highlights his bulbous nose.
Capitano is the braggert soldier always ready for a fight and prepared to run and retreat as soon as any real danger presents itself.
Engraving by abraham bosse.
Despised by the italians and ridiculed in the theatre of the marketplace il capitano became a popular stock character of the commedia dell arte.
Commedia dell arte masks are one of the most integral aspects of each stock character.
One of the earliest of the commedia characters he was a descendant of the miles gloriosus the braggart soldier of ancient roman comedy.
This capitano commedia mask is one of the more architectural designs in the collection.
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Il dottore in commedia dell arte is usually dressed in the traditional style of a medieval doctor with a huge black suit often with a ruff and a notary s beret or large doctor s cap.
To learn more about commedia dell arte see pierre louis duchartre the italian comedy dover pubs 1966.
Representing spanish mercinary soldiers.
He is filled with bravado but the first to run at the slightest sign of danger.