Venice - the Masks

60 superb images of the fabulous masks and puppets from the worlds most remarkable city

The wearing of a mask implied a freedom from the conventions and constraints of a moral society.

With the boundaries removed, the wearer was free to indulge himself/herself in behaviour they would be unwilling to advertise in their revealed selves.

Venice as a result became renowned as a city of unabashed pleasure and excitement.

According to the essence of the character the wearer wished to adopt, there were many types of mask.

we present 60 of them

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