Author : Peter Jordan
Release : 2013-12-13
Genre : Performing Arts
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 235/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Venetian Origins of the Commedia dell'Arte by : Peter Jordan
Download or read book The Venetian Origins of the Commedia dell'Arte written by Peter Jordan. This book was released on 2013-12-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Venetian Origins of the Commedia dell'Arte is a striking new enquiry into the late-Renaissance stirrings of professional secular comedy in Venice, and their connection to the development of what came to be known as the Commedia dell’Arte. The book contends that through a symbiotic collaboration between patrician amateurs and plebeian professionals, innovative forms of comedy developed in the Venice region, fusing ‘high’ and ‘low’ culture in a provocative mix that had a truly mass appeal. Rich with anecdotes, diary entries and literary – often ribald – comic passages, Peter Jordan's central argument has important implications for the study of Venetian art, popular theatre and European cultural history.