In french and english colombine is a stock character in the commedia dell arte.
Commedia dell arte masks colombina.
Columbine italian colombina stock theatrical character that originated about 1530 in italian commedia dell arte as a saucy and adroit servant girl.
Columbina in italian colombina meaning little dove.
She loves and lusts for men.
Her costume is usually simple representing what maids wore in the 1700s.
Her costume included a cap and apron but seldom a commedia mask and she usually spoke in the tuscan dialect.
The colombina is a half face mask with heavy decoration.
Who was basically the female counterpart of the bauta.
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She is harlequin s mistress a comic servant playing the tricky slave type and wife of pierrot.
Columbina in italian colombina meaning little dove.
Colombina made a name for herself as a mask of the commedia dell arte quite late namely in the 17th century in france.
A personal favorite this multi colored pretty mask conceals only your eyes cheeks and rarely your nose.
Colombina was an early commedia dell arte actress in the 15th century whose vanity made her reluctant to camouflage her beauty behind a mask.
She is smart crafty and observant.
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.
Colombina colombina is a servetta.
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.
Her italian name means little dove.
She is usually employed by one of the innamorata or vecchi but she takes pleasure in annoying them.
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.
The role of the female servant was originally that of an entr acte dancer.
With a wide variety of main colors and accents you can create the mask.
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.
Columbine italian colombina is a stock theatrical character that originated in about 1530 as a saucy and adroit servant girl.
In french and english colombine is a stock character in the commedia dell arte.
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.
After digging a little deeper one finds out that her roots lie in latin comedy.
Colombina sees through the schemes and unravels them tricking the antagonist in the process.
In plautus s comedies for example female slaves turn out to be naughty and always prone to suggest a ruse to their mistresses.
In historical perspective the mask takes its name from a maidservant.
