Contrary to what Arto might think Ukraine was not a baroque wasteland (the upper strata of the Cossack society sent their children to Oxford and Sorbonne, and sang and danced to La Mantovana (the Ukrainians still do, to this day)). It had its own "Commedia dell'Arte" type of a theatre called "Vertep" and Cossack Mamai is indeed a personage from it. Interestingly some of the earliest Kobza iconography is found in the paintings of Alessandro Magnasco of Genoa. RT
> Seeing your regional pictures, > I noted a remarkable similarity of the player (something like a "commedia dell'arte" character); any explication? > > Best wishes > > Paolo declich > > > > > > > > I have a few interesting additions in the "Regional Iconography" section at > > http://www.polyhymnion.org/torban/ > > for your perusal and delectation... > > RT > > -- > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > 6X velocizzare la tua navigazione a 56k? 6X Web Accelerator di Libero! > Scaricalo su INTERNET GRATIS 6X http://www.libero.it > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ $0 Web Hosting with up to 200MB web space, 1000 MB Transfer 10 Personalized POP and Web E-mail Accounts, and much more. Signup at www.doteasy.com
