MINI CONFERENCES

Duration: about 45 minutes

Languages: English, French and Italian; also German and Spanish on request

Maximum group: 30 people seated – 55 standing

Topics covered:
- How an authentic Venetian mask is made and decorated

- History of the mask

• In Venice in daily life
  
  
  
  
• At the carnival
  
  
  
  
• In the theatre (the commedia dell'arte)
  

We want to keep people’s attention focused throughout the presentation, with no low points. We therefore use enlargements of details taken from antique prints or paintings which show the masks in their context, as if they were snapshots of various typical situations.
We also wear masks ourselves: we put on a "bautta", "volto" or tricorn - the most traditional costumes, and explain all their details.
Such methods allow the past to be brought back to life in the most direct and exciting way.
Our aim is to captivate the public and provide historic information.



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