Indeed, by the time of his picture’s probable date in the 1710s, the city’s commedia dell’arte tradition had taken stealthy root outside. ... was Pierrot, the commedia’s clumsy buffoon.

With “Pierrot Lunaire,” as far as scandalized contemporary critics were concerned, ... The dim-witted buffoon of commedia dell’arte, pining for his Columbine but outwitted by Harlequin, ...

BURLEYCUE—Bernard Sobel—Farrar & Rinehart ($5).* The old commedia dell'arte, the drama hat set the patterns for Harlequin, Columbine, Pierrot and Pantaloon, is a favorite subject ...

Revisiting Watteau’s beloved clown, alone in merry company at the National Gallery of Art Widely regarded as the greatest of 18th-century French painters, Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) was ...

Depicting stock characters from French-Italian plays known as commedia dell’arte, Pierrot—also known as Gilles—might have hung on a wall, or it might have been used to promote a particular ...

The World Premiere of 'Waiting for Pierrot' marks the end of a nearly ten year hiatus of commedia dell'arte artists Allison Latta and Noel Williams as they resurrect their beloved commedia dell ...

Commedia dell'arte still doing boffo box office. ... written into new plays by the likes of Molière or reborn as new characters such as Punch and Judy in England and Pierrot in France.

Yet this shockingly original “Pierrot” — whose hero refers to the classic namesake commedia dell’arte character of the trusting fool, historically often used as a representative of the ...

On “The Narcissist,” Blur‘s first new song in eight years, Damon Albarn sings about looking in the mirror and seeing a Pierrot (a commedia dell’arte clown) looking back at him as he ...

For their spring 2008 collection, Viktor & Rolf took inspiration from Marcel Marceau and Commedia dell’Arte, riffing on Pierrot-style collars and Harlequin prints. Now, the avant-garde Dutch duo ...

The World Premiere of 'Waiting for Pierrot' marks the end of a nearly ten year hiatus of commedia dell'arte artists Allison Latta and Noel Williams as they resurrect their beloved commedia dell ...