Carnivalmorecomfortable,equalandfree

FestiveVenetian regardlessoftheirmoneystatus.Tothis
day,peoplestillwearVenetianMasksto

Masks Carnivalandotherfuneventssimilarto
Carnival,VenetianMaskscanalsobeused
forromanticorotherencounters,Venetian
ByTaiyaKent maskssymbolizefreedomwithoutbeing
judgedfortheirsocialstatus.

InVenice,Italybrightandshowymasks

areeverywhereforCarnival.Venetian
masksstartedtobecomeatrendinthe13th
century.Thisbecameatrendorsocial
custombecausemaskedmenwouldthrow
eggsatwomenduringCarnival.Soon,in
Italyyouwerelimitedtohowlongyou
couldwearyourmask.Somehadbegunto
wearVenetianmasksineverydaylife,but
inthe18thcentury,youwereonlyallowed
towearthemaskforexactly3monthsafter
Christmas.RecentlyIhaveresearchedthe
VenetiancultureandVenetianmasks.I
decidedtoresearchthiscultureandtheir
masksbecauseoftheirmasksbeautifuland
intricatedesigns.Ihavealsodecidedto
studythisculturebecauseIhavewantedto
traveltoItaly.
Usually,Venetianmasksareeitheraround
theeyesorfullfaced.
Someofthematerialsusedtomake
Venetianmasksare
Porcelaine
Glass
PaperMache
Feathers
Leather
Lace
TheVenetianculturecomesfrom Gesso
Venice,Italy.Forcenturies,Venetian
maskshavebeenmadethroughPaper
MacheandhavebeenusedinTheCarnival
ofVenice.VenetianMaskswerewornto
Carnivaltohidetheidentityofthewearer.
TheVenetianmaskalsohidthepersons
economicstatus,makingthepeopleat

Venetianmasksareknownfortheir
ornatedesigns,feathersandbrightcolors.
Theirdesignsincludeintricatedetailsand
swirlinglines.

Formymask,Iusedmanyfeathers,
brightandlightcolorsandswirlinglines.
Thefeathers,brightcolorsandswirling
lineswereappropriatedfromtheculture,I
addedmyownpersonaltouchtoitby
makingthemaskslantedandaddinglight
colorstomymask.TheVenetianculture
usesornatedesignswhichItriedto
incorporateasmuchofthatintomydesign
aspossibleandaddmyownpersonaltwist
toit.
 hadalotoffuncreatingmymask.Itwasa
funandcreativewaytolearnaboutother
cultures.Myfavoritepartaboutthisunit
wouldhavetobepaintingmymask.

Mymask
wasmadetobelightandfun.Itriedto
makeitsomethingmoreuniquewith
swirlinglines.Whilepaintingmymask,I
threwallmyplansfrommydesignand
wentwiththeflowandpaintedwherever
mymindtookme.

Didyouknowthatbeforethelimiteduse
ofVenetianmasksinthe18thcentury,
peopleworevenetianmasksfor
approximately6monthsayear?Overall,I