Venice Incognito : Masks in the Serene Republic /

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"The entire town is disguised," declared a French tourist of eighteenth-century Venice. And, indeed, maskers of all ranks--nobles, clergy, imposters, seducers, con men--could be found mixing at every level of Venetian society. Even a pious nun donned a mask and male attire for her liaison...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnson, James H., 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Masks.
Manners and customs.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
HISTORY.
Masques > Italie > Venise > Histoire.
Masks > Italy > Venice > History.
Italy > Venice.
Venise (Italie) > Histoire > 1508-1797.
Venice (Italy) > Social life and customs.
Venice (Italy) > History > 1508-1797.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The carnival of Venice. Casanova's carnival
  • New world
  • Even odds
  • Blood sport
  • Fat Thursday
  • Anything Goes?
  • The culture of masking. City of masks
  • Infernal associations
  • Devil's dance
  • Unmasking the heart
  • Age of dissimulation
  • The honest mask. Legislating morality
  • Saving face
  • Venetian incognito
  • Democratizing dress
  • Taming the devil
  • Carnival and community. Redeemed by the blood
  • Carnival tales
  • The mask of sincerity
  • Carnival contained
  • Bitter ash
  • Epilogue: After the fall.

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