Author : Tomie dePaola
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 26,41 MB
Release : 1987-09-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780152749897
Long ago and without fail, three characters brought delight to audiences: the pantalooned Pierrot; Columbine, ever saucy and adroit; and Harlequin her lover, full of good natured drolleries and amusing tricks. From the legacy left by French pantomime and the Italian commedia dell'arte, this original story in pictures has been fashioned, with a special kind of ending to transcend time. The words, as in all mime, are in the eyes of the listener.
Author : Alexandre Dumas
Publisher : TSK Group LLC
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 22,41 MB
Release : 2024-03-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Pierrot is one of Alexandre Dumas' stranger tales, a delightful mishmash of humor, adventure, satire, and poignancy. While presented as a children's tale, it has plenty of layers making it a satisfying read for grownups as well.
Author : Robert F. Storey
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 21,7 MB
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1400857066
Robert Storey's lively and gracefully written study of Pierrot is the first scholarly history of this fascinating popular figure. Unlike previous studies of commedia dell'arte characters; this book focuses as much on Pierrot as a literary metaphor and mask as on the roles and dimensions of his stage character. Originally published in 1978. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author : Douglas Clayton
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 10,82 MB
Release : 1994-01-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0773564411
Douglas Clayton examines the tradition of commedia dell'arte as the Russian modernists inherited it, from its origins in Italian street theatre through its various transformations: in Italy (Gozzi and Goldini's plays); in France (the development of Pierrot and the restructuring of the plot); and in Germany (Tieck's and Hoffmann's metatheatre). He also analyses crucial texts by Gozzi, Lothar, Benavente, and Schnitzler that came to play a central role in the Russian theatre. Tracing the history of commedia dell'arte on the Russian stage, he demonstrates that the introduction of the tradition was theory-driven and discusses several milestone productions in the pre- and post-revolutionary period. Clayton examines the impact of commedia dell'arte, russified as the new theatrical genre of balagan, on both popular and lesser-known Russian playwrights, and, in conclusion, explores the significance of the commedia dell'arte as a theoretical underpinning for Sergei Eisenstein's theories of theatre and film.
Author : Emilio Peral Vega
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 49,80 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1855662965
Examines the importance of Pierrot, as an image of marginality and failure and a symbol of hidden sexuality, in García Lorca's imagery and literary and personal life.
Author : Henry De Vere Stacpoole
Publisher :
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 23,57 MB
Release : 1896
Category : English fiction
ISBN :
Author : Martin Green
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 11,29 MB
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0271044926
Author : Stella Callaghan
Publisher :
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 50,59 MB
Release : 1923
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Marika Takanishi Knowles
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 41,17 MB
Release : 2024-01-09
Category : History
ISBN : 1526174073
Pierrot, a theatrical stock character known by his distinctive costume of loose white tunic and trousers, is a ubiquitous figure in French art and culture. This richly illustrated book offers an account of Pierrot’s recurrence in painting, printmaking, photography and film, tracing this distinctive type from the art of Antoine Watteau to the cinema of Occupied France. As a visual type, Pierrot thrives at the intersection of theatrical and marketplace practices. From Watteau’s Pierrot (c. 1720) and Édouard Manet’s The Old Musician (1862) to Nadar and Adrien Tournachon’s Pierrot the Photographer (1855) and the landmark film Children of Paradise (1945), Pierrot has given artists a medium through which to explore the marketplace as a form for both social life and creative practice. Simultaneously a human figure and a theatrical mask, Pierrot elicits artistic reflection on the representation of personality in the marketplace.
Author : Mother of Pierrot
Publisher :
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 50,78 MB
Release : 1914
Category : Bereavement
ISBN :
