Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Carnival of Venice (Cultural Documentation)
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Accession Number:
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197809
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Order Title:
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Archivision Addition Module EIGHT--6,304 images
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Type of View:
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generalView
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View Title:
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Costumed and masked pedestrians, man wearing traditional 18th century tricorn hat and the Medico della peste (The Plague Doctor) mask
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Date of View:
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2/2/2008
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Image description:
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The Medico della peste, with its long beak, is one of the most bizarre and recognisable of the Venetian masks, though it did not start out as carnival mask at all but as a method of preventing the spread of disease.
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Image Rights:
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¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Source Institution:
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Archivision, Inc.
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Collection:
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Addition Module EIGHT
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Culture:
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Italian
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Subject:
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Carnival masks
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Work Types:
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visual works; photographs
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Preferred Title:
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Carnival of Venice (Cultural Documentation)
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Agent Display:
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Scott Gilchrist (Canadian distributor, born 1960)
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Date:
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February 2, 2008 (creation)
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Materials:
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digital images
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Technique:
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photography
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Alternate Title:
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Carnevale di Venezia
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Locations:
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Venice, Veneto, Italy
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Location Type:
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(creation)
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Style/Period:
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Twenty-first century
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Classification:
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History and Culture
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