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  1. Pierrot - Wikipedia

    In 1897, Bernardo Couto Castillo, another Decadent who, at the age of twenty-two, died even more tragically young than Peters, embarked on a series of Pierrot-themed short—"Pierrot Enamored of …

  2. Pierrot Through the Arts: The Cultural History of a Sad Clown

    The moonstruck mime Pierrot has had a lasting influence on the arts, from the commedia dell'arte to Arnold Schoenberg and David Bowie.

  3. History’s Quietest Icon: The Many Faces Pierrot - Messy Nessy Chic

    Nov 23, 2022 · In the late 1800s, the French Romanticist poet Théophile Gautier wrote a comedic fantasy, Pierrot Posthume, featuring the famous clown, elevating Pierrot into the literary circle.

  4. The Art of Pierrot: A Painter’s Study - Creative Flair

    Dec 3, 2023 · Pierrot is a canvas for expressing the dichotomy of human experience, the chiaroscuro of the psyche. His pallid façade manifests the duality of the yin and yang.

  5. PIERROT Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of PIERROT is a stock comic character of old French pantomime usually having a whitened face and wearing loose white clothes.

  6. Pierrot, The Lovesick Clown | Museum of the American Arts & Crafts …

    Mar 3, 2021 · Pierrot became such a popular figure that a new clown emerged, a lovelorn female version of Pierrot named Pierrette. Introduced to rival Columbine for his affections, Pierrette was gloomy and …

  7. PIERROT Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    PIERROT definition: a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume. See examples of Pierrot used in a sentence.

  8. Pierrot - The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia

    Pierrot is a stock character of pantomime and Commedia dell'Arte whose origins are in the late seventeenth-century Italian troupe of players performing in Paris and known as the Comédie …

  9. Pierrot — definition & quiz | Ultimate Lexicon

    Definition: Pierrot is a stock character from the pantomime and commedia dell’arte traditions, typically depicted as a sad, lovelorn clown. He is noted for his white-faced makeup, loose white clothes, and a …

  10. Pierrot The Sad Clown – ArtRKL

    Apr 8, 2024 · Pierrot, from naive Commedia dell'arte valet to complex icon, captures the evolving emotions and roles of the quintessential sad clown.