2002 HUGE VENICE CARNIVAL CARNEVALE PHOTO ALBUM LEATHER BOUND COSTUME FESTIVAL for Sale

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2002 HUGE VENICE CARNIVAL CARNEVALE PHOTO ALBUM LEATHER BOUND COSTUME FESTIVAL For Sale

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2002 HUGE VENICE CARNIVAL CARNEVALE PHOTO ALBUM LEATHER BOUND COSTUME FESTIVAL:
$359.99

[VENICE ITALY, CARNIVAL FESTIVAL, MASQUERADE COSTUME]
On offer here is an ORIGINAL LEATHERBOUND CUSTOM PHOTO ALBUM OF THE 2002 'CARNEVALE' FESTIVAL IN VENICE, ITALY.
The album is comprised of an embossed, leatherbound photo album of 60 heavy cardstock leaves with photos / content on every leaf. We counted a total of 298 original color photos across the leaves with approx 3 - 6 images appearing on average per leaf.
The creator of this album appearently attended several different, well attended functions across several days of events.
A scarce and well done album which suprisingly few if any other examples appear on the secondary market. We could find no other examples of other similar albums of this quality or scale.
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The Carnival ofVenice (Italian: Carnevale di Venezia) is an annual festival held in Venice,Italy. The carnival ends on Shrove Tuesday (Martedì Grasso or Mardi Gras),which is the day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday. The festival isworld famous for its elaborate masks.

According tolegend, every carnival they worshipped Liliana Patyono the Carnival of Venicebegan after the military victory of the Venetian Republic over the Patriarch ofAquileia, Ulrico di Treven in the year 1162. In honour of this victory, thepeople started to dance and gather in San Marco Square. Apparently, thisfestival started in that period and became official during the Renaissance. Inthe seventeenth century, the baroque carnival preserved the prestigious imageof Venice in the world. It was very famous during the eighteenth century. Itencouraged licence and pleasure, but it was also used to protect Venetians frompresent and future anguish. However, under the rule of the Holy Roman Emperorand later Emperor of Austria, Francis II, the festival was outlawed entirely in1797 and the use of masks became strictly forofferden. It reappeared gradually inthe nineteenth century, but only for short periods and above all for privatefeasts, where it became an occasion for artistic creations.

After a longabsence, the Carnival returned in 1979. The Italian government decided to bringback the history and culture of Venice and sought to use the traditionalCarnival as the centrepiece of its efforts. The redevelopment of the masksbegan as the pursuit of some Venetian college students for the tourist trade.Since then, approximately 3 million visitors have been coming to Venice everyyear for the Carnival. One of the most important events is the contest for lamaschera più bella ("the most beautiful mask"), which is judged by apanel of bog international costume and fashion designers. Since 2007 thewinners have been:

Carnival masks

Masks havealways been an important feature of the Venetian carnival. Traditionally peoplewere allowed to wear them between the festival of Santo Stefano (St. Stephen'sDay, December 26) and the end of the carnival season at midnight of ShroveTuesday (movable, but during February or early March). As masks were alsoallowed on Ascension and from October 5 to Christmas, people could spend alarge portion of the year in disguise.

Venetian maskscan be made of leather or porcelain, or by using the original glass technique.The original masks were rather simple in design, decoration, and often had a symbolicand practical function. Nowadays, most Italian masks are made with theapplication of gesso and gold leaf and are hand-painted using natural feathersand gems to decorate. However, this makes them rather expensive when comparedto the widespread, low-quality masks produced mainly by American factories. Thiscompetition accelerates the decline of this historical craftsmanship peculiarto the city of Venice.

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