Recent Posts Tagged With 'venetian masks'

• Gimme Some Good, Honest Gambling

  Posted on Friday February 13th, 2009 at 12:34 in Gambling, Carnival, venetian masks, bauta, moretta, il ridotto

  (Venice, Italy) That image you see is Pietro Longhi's (November 5, 1701 - May 8, 1785) painting of Il Ridotto. The white mask that both the men and women are wearing is called a "bauta," and is a classic Venetian mask, and was worn not only during Ca...

• *New Sponsor! Carnival of Venice - The Magic Returns with Incentive Harmony

  Posted on Friday January 23rd, 2009 at 08:30 in venetian masks, fat tuesday, masked ball, carnival of venice, venetian carnevale, giustina renier michiel, dogaressa, incentive harmony, maharana, arvind singh mewar

  (Venice, Italy) A masked woman steps from her gondola and into the Venetian mist. Flickering candlelight illumines the silhouette of a man waiting at the palazzo door. They embrace, and journey up the red carpet, into a world of intrigue and romance...

• Invitation to KARIN'S CARNIVAL, a documentary by Annie Carraro - Venice, Italy

  Posted on Saturday August 23rd, 2008 at 10:48 in documentary film, venetian masks, venetian cat, venice blog, cat bauer, studio ac, anny carraro, il carnevale di karin, venetian costumes, venetian carnival, karin's carnival, impossible venice

  (VENICE, ITALY) Karin is an average German woman, except for one remarkable quirk -- for the past 20 years she has stuffed her suitcase full of fanciful costumes and taken the train down to the Carnival in Venice. After slipping into one of her own ...

• Venetian Masks

  Posted on Friday March 7th, 2008 at 05:30 in venetian masks, sergio boldrin, la bottega dei mascareri

  Ah, Venetian masks. If you live in Venice for awhile, you can understand why they evolved. It is impossible to go anywhere without running into someone you know, and sometimes you long to be anonymous, just for a moment.I've known Sergio Boldrin for ...