Vagabonding Masks
Partan, Olga
The iconic masks of the Italian commedia dell'arte--Harlequin, Pierrot, Colombina, Pulcinella, and others--have been vagabonding the roads of Russian cultural history for more than three centuries. This book explores how these masks, and the artistic principles of the commedia dell'arte that they embody, have profoundly affected the Russian artistic imagination, providing a source of inspiration for leading Russian artists as diverse as ninete...
