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• Title:
  From the stage to the screen The mask in the Italian-style commedy
• Creator:
  Grochowska, Anna
• Description:
  The mask is an omnipresent and meaningful element of the Italian, as well as European culture. It was used to fulfill disparate roles. In the theater the mask was used to depict the caricatures of gods, heroes or popular types and with the passage of time it became established on the theatrical scene of the Renaissance, commedia dell'arte or Goldoni's. With such a profound and strong tradition, it's not a surprise that the phenomenon of mask has passed to the cinema. The present contribution proposes to analyze briefly the most significant moments of the mask on the Italian stages of the past and then to pay attention to the use of the mask or its elements in the cinema. The most interest will be dedicated to the films of Italian-style comedy, the genre born in the late Fifties, when Italy was about to live the Italian economic miracle, and its characters which seem to be the new version of the mask. The author will concentrate on four the most popular types which clearly recall masks of the past, as well as reflect some new tendencies.;
  La maschera accompagna la vita dell'uomo sin dalla notte dei tempi e veniva chiamata a svolgere innumerevoli funzioni: si indossava per proteggere il viso durante le battaglie, era legata alle antiche pratiche funerarie, magiche o religiose o per celare la propria identità durante le feste. Nell'ambito teatrale la maschera è presente dall'antichità, quando raffigurava le caricature degli dei, degli eroi o dei tipi popolari. Con il passare del tempo le maschere, intese come volti finti, vengono sostituite dalle maschere di carattere in cui gli elementi fissi erano costituiti dai tratti personali o dalla professione svolta. Già nelle commedie greche e latine di Aristofane, Menandro, Plauto o Terenzio trovarono largo spazio i personaggi tipo, di pronta caratterizzazione, partecipi di modelli dell'intrigo, destinati a occupare il palcoscenico per secoli. ;
  Celem niniejszego artykułu jest zwrócenie uwagi na wszechobecność i znaczenie maski nie tylko w dyskursie teatralnym, ale także w filmie. Maska jest bowiem motywem przewodnim całej twórczości artystycznej we Włoszech. Typowym przykładem stałego pojawienia się symbolu maski jest włoski par excellence gatunek filmu, czyli commedia all'italiana. Esej proponuje krótką refleksję na temat motywu maski, łączącego twórczość teatralną i filmową.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2014 Toruńskie Studia Polsko-Włoskie
• Date:
  2014.12.09
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
• Language:
  Polish
• Source:
  Studi Polacco-Italiani di Toruń; X (2014); 191-200;
  Studi polacco-italiani di Toruń; X (2014); 191-200;
  Toruńskie Studia Polsko-Włoskie; X (2014); 191-200;
  2391-7865;
  2083-1986
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu
• Relation: https://apcz.umk.pl/TSP-W/article/view/TSP-W.2014.011/4734
• Subject:
  motyw maski we włoskiej komedii;
  commedia all'italiana;
  twórczość artystyczna we Włoszech;
  the mask;
  Italian-style commedy;
  Renaissance;
  commedia dell'arte;
  la maschera;
  commedia all’italiana
• Identifier: https://apcz.umk.pl/TSP-W/article/view/TSP-W.2014.011
• Data provider:
  Akademicka Platforma Czasopism
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• Type:
  text