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Casanova And The Masquerade Mask
Casanova has become synonymous with love and wooing. If someone were to be called a Casanova then he would be considered famous for seducing ladies and a great lover. Giacomo Casanova became infamous thru his memoirs where he details his journeys and seduction of the female sex in Venice during the 18th century.
His seducement of girls and the journeys he became involved in, in this enterprise, would not have been possible without his usage of the Venetian masquerade mask. Venetians would wear their masks in public, up to half a year of the year for both social and business purposes. The custom of wearing masks started in the thirteenth centaury and by the 17 th centaury it had become so popular that folks were wearing the masks up to half a year of the year for pleasure and business till the decline of the Republic in 1797 to Napoleon. The custom of wearing masks continues today with the Venetian Carnival held around lent every year.
Wearing of a mask allowed folks of all economic circumstances to do business and socialize together, hidden behind the security of anonymity, it allowed one to hold ones distance and shield ones standing or to hid ones shame. The typical man was able to mix with those of wealth and office at casinos, theaters, and cafs. This cloaking of ones identity is what Casanova used in his seduction of girls, from all social standings including nuns.
Casanova made use of the mask and a capability to dress the part, which he almost certainly learnt to some degree from his mummy who was a small time actress in Venice, to become many different identities including a decorated soldier, a consultant, a clergyman which led him to meeting Pope Clement, and teller of numerology and magic.
Casanova met with Kings and Princes in disguise including Catherine the Great of Russia. He danced and wagered with the wealthy of Europe in casinos and at masked balls. He pursued pleasure with each role he played, and sort the company of ladies at every opportunity. He was thought of as a great love and the girls he loved, he told each of them that they were the best love of his life, and they were till the next women.
Melanie Robson is a contract writer, analyst and director of Writers Cramp Productions, masquerade masks and masquerade ball masks are some of the many subjects Melanie has investigated and written about.
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