Commedia Dell Arte Masks Capitano

Masks were originally all made of leather but now more commonly made of neoprene.

Commedia dell arte masks capitano.

The captain masks were originally flesh colored with a menacing nose to represent a bullying personality. Capitano stock character of the italian commedia dell arte. Il dottore is a comic personage originally from well fed and learned bologna. He was the prototype of a pretentious but cowardly military man.

The capitano penenaso commedia mask combines the energies of a pig and an eagle. This mask reflects the severity of the stock character as well as celebrating his egoistic characteristics. Each mask design is paired with a specific character based on its appearance and tradition. Commedia dell arte masks are one of the most integral aspects of each stock character.

He wears a mask over half of his face that highlights his bulbous nose. He is filled with bravado but the first to run at the slightest sign of danger. Il dottore in commedia dell arte is usually dressed in the traditional style of a medieval doctor with a huge black suit often with a ruff and a notary s beret or large doctor s cap. Il capitano il kapiˈtaːno italian for the captain is one of the four stock characters of commedia dell arte.

Despised by the italians and ridiculed in the theatre of the marketplace il capitano became a popular stock character of the commedia dell arte. This capitano commedia mask is one of the more architectural designs in the collection. An unsympathetic character he was originally a parody of the french and spanish mercenaries who overran 16th century italy. Click on a photo for more details.

Capitano is the braggert soldier always ready for a fight and prepared to run and retreat as soon as any real danger presents itself. Engraving by abraham bosse. The captain uses bravado and excessive shows of manliness to hide his true cowardly nature. This specific capitano represents cocodrillo crocodile and comes from classically trained mask maker alan g.

89 00 capitano is the braggart soldier. Representing spanish mercinary soldiers. One of the earliest of the commedia characters he was a descendant of the miles gloriosus the braggart soldier of ancient roman comedy. Below are some of the pieces from the arté masks workshop all designed and constructed by the hand of the artist majd murad.

He most likely was never a captain but rather appropriated the name for himself.