Commedia Dell Arte Masks Colombina

She is usually employed by one of the innamorata or vecchi but she takes pleasure in annoying them.

Commedia dell arte masks colombina. Her name though appeared for the first time in 1530 in italy in the texts written by the accademici intronati of siena the stunned academicals. A personal favorite this multi colored pretty mask conceals only your eyes cheeks and rarely your nose. With a wide variety of main colors and accents you can create the mask. Columbina translates from italian as little dove and her character in commedia dell arte was usually dressed in a ragged and patched dress appropriate to a hired servant.

She is harlequin s mistress a comic servant playing the tricky slave type and wife of pierrot. In historical perspective the mask takes its name from a maidservant. The half mask was designed to accommodate her. Colombina sees through the schemes and unravels them tricking the antagonist in the process.

Columbina in italian colombina meaning little dove. Colombina was an early commedia dell arte actress in the 15th century whose vanity made her reluctant to camouflage her beauty behind a mask. Columbine italian colombina stock theatrical character that originated about 1530 in italian commedia dell arte as a saucy and adroit servant girl. Review our selection of traditional venetian masks now.

She loves and lusts for men. Colombina is usually cast as a mischievous maid in the commedia dell arte a comic but not always virtuous figure with a best friend and sometimes lover of arlecchino. Her costume included a cap and apron but seldom a commedia mask and she usually spoke in the tuscan dialect. After digging a little deeper one finds out that her roots lie in latin comedy.

The role of the female servant was originally that of an entr acte dancer. In french theatre the character became a lady s maid and intrigant and assumed a variety of roles opposite cassandre pantalone pantaloon harlequin and pierrot. Who was basically the female counterpart of the bauta. Her costume is usually simple representing what maids wore in the 1700s.

Her italian name means little dove her costume included a cap and apron but seldom a commedia mask and she usually spoke in the tuscan dialect. Colombina colombina is a servetta. Columbine italian colombina is a stock theatrical character that originated in about 1530 as a saucy and adroit servant girl. The colombina is a half face mask with heavy decoration.

Columbina in italian colombina meaning little dove. She is smart crafty and observant. Atelier pirate masks are very durable and are suitable to be worn by students as part of a theater class in a school by professional actors on stage or by those looking to stand out at a ball masked or a larping event. In french and english colombine is a stock character in the commedia dell arte.

In plautus s comedies for example female slaves turn out to be naughty and always prone to suggest a ruse to their mistresses. In french theatre the character became a lady s maid and intrigant and assumed a variety of roles opposite cassandre pantalone pantaloon harlequin and pierrot.