{"id":4560,"date":"2016-10-16T15:23:24","date_gmt":"2016-10-16T15:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=4560"},"modified":"2016-10-16T18:22:34","modified_gmt":"2016-10-16T18:22:34","slug":"famous-comedia-del-arte-mask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/famous-comedia-del-arte-mask\/","title":{"rendered":"Famous Comedia del Arte mask"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/aaaMystrySolvd-1039-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4564\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/aaaMystrySolvd-1039-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"aaaMystrySolvd-1039\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/aaaMystrySolvd-1039-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/aaaMystrySolvd-1039-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/aaaMystrySolvd-1039-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/aaaMystrySolvd-1039-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Q:<\/strong>\u00a0 I\u2019ve acquired another mask I thought you\u2019d enjoy.\u00a0 This Brighella, which I know almost nothing about except that it\u2019s leather and at least 25-30 years old. It\u2019s got an elastic strap on the back and was clearly made for use, and is very well done.\u00a0 I wish I knew more about it, e.g., whether it was actually made in Italy or by an Italian-trained artisan.\u00a0 Aaron, 1039<\/p>\n<p><strong>A:\u00a0<\/strong> This is the third European mask posted in a row, but I think we American collectors tend to prefer African, Oceanic and others cultures while often ignoring Europe. Also, I broke my rule of accepting only one mask per person because Aaron&#8217;s selections are always so impressive.<\/p>\n<p>Wikipedia says&#8230; Brighella\u00a0 is a comic masked character from the Comedia del arte. His early costume consisted of loosely fitting, white smock and pants with green trim and was often equipped with a <i>batocio<\/i> or slap stick, or else with a wooden sword. Later he took to wearing a sort of livery with a matching cape. He wore a greenish half-mask displaying a look of preternatural lust and greed. He evolved out of the general Zanni, as evidenced by his costume, and came into his own around the start of the 16th century.\u00a0 <strong>A<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 47px; left: 20px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q:\u00a0 I\u2019ve acquired another mask I thought you\u2019d enjoy.\u00a0 This Brighella, which I know almost nothing about except that it\u2019s leather and at least 25-30 years old. It\u2019s got an elastic strap on the back and was clearly made for use, and is very well done.\u00a0 I wish I knew more about it, e.g., whether it was actually made in Italy or by an Italian-trained artisan.\u00a0 Aaron, 1039 A:\u00a0 This is the third European mask posted in a row, but I think we American collectors tend to prefer African, Oceanic and others cultures while often ignoring Europe. Also, I broke my rule of accepting only one mask per person because Aaron&#8217;s selections are always so impressive. Wikipedia says&#8230; Brighella\u00a0 is a comic masked character from the Comedia del arte. His early costume consisted of loosely fitting, white smock and pants with green trim and was often equipped with a batocio or slap stick, or else with a wooden sword. Later he took to wearing a sort of livery with a matching cape. He wore a greenish half-mask displaying a look of preternatural lust and greed. He evolved out of the general Zanni, as evidenced by his costume, and came into his own around the start of the 16th century.\u00a0 A &nbsp; Save<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4560"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4569,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4560\/revisions\/4569"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}