Urban Story The Venice Carnival 2 Painting Detail
by Mona Edulesco
Title
Urban Story The Venice Carnival 2 Painting Detail
Artist
Mona Edulesco
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
This is a detail from my original palette knife oil painting "Urban Story - The Carnival 2".
The Carnival of Venice (Italian: Carnevale di Venezia) is an annual festival, held in Venice, Italy. The Carnival ends with Lent, forty days before Easter on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday.
Masks have always been a main feature of the Venetian carnival. Traditionally people were allowed to wear them between the festival of Santo Stefano (St. Stephen's Day, December 26) and the start of the carnival season and midnight of Shrove Tuesday. They have always been around Venice. As masks were also allowed on Ascension and from October 5 to Christmas, people could spend a large portion of the year in disguise. Maskmakers (mascherari) enjoyed a special position in society, with their own laws and their own guild.
Venetian masks can be made in leather, porcelain or with the original glass technique. The original masks were rather simple in design, decoration, and often had a symbolic and practical function. Nowadays, most of them are made with the application of gesso and gold leaf and are all hand-painted using natural feathers and gems to decorate.
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September 28th, 2013
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Oiyee At Oystudio
Bold and beautiful! It's great that we can see the details of your knife work, Mona, amazing! fv
ABeautifulSky Photography
Wow Mona, what an Incredible detail image!! Love the feeling of energy in this and the rich colors and texture are Awesome! F/V
Alec Drake
Even better up close as you share a beautiful slice with us in this work...such rich colours, action and fun all in one :) v/f
Colette V Hera Guggenheim
Absolutly Excellent dear Mona ,really another Masterpiece of yours my dear friend ,I love the clear white face also it gives me space for my imagination to explorer the impression ,beyond the white fine face I see the rest,Huge Fav / V + Features .On my way to spain in 1 day for 2 weeks into the mountains for stay near my mother .
Mona Edulesco replied:
Thank you so much, dear Colette! I also thank you a lot for the features in your beautiful groups "Paints and Art Photography" and "Orange -Yellow- Red Photos and Paints". Wish you a marvelous time in Spain, near your mother. :)
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