The art of Venetian masks 05:02. Venice's very existence inspires wonder, and during Carnival, this city of canals provides a fanciful backdrop for the festivities leading up to Lent.

In Venice, Italy, it is that time again. Time for grand costume balls, fierce mask contests, towering wigs and a parade of preening, strutting revelers as city residents and visitors from around ...

VENICE, Italy -- In another year, masks would be a sign of the gaiety in Venice, an accessory worn for games and parties as big crowds parade about to show off their frivolous, fanciful costumes ...

VENICE, Italy -- In another year, masks would be a sign of the gaiety in Venice, an accessory worn for games and parties as big crowds parade about to show off their frivolous, fanciful costumes ...

The Italian canal city’s Carnival festivities should have started Saturday, but the COVID-19 pandemic has made its annual appointment for more than two weeks of merry-making impossible.

Three years since the last Venice Carnival, revellers swapped their surgical masks for carnival ones and took to the streets. It’s been three years since Carnivale di Venezia, or Venice Carnival ...

Masked merrymakers are cavorting in Venice, Italy, to mark the start of Carnival, the canal-laced city’s pre-Lenten festivities. Here are some fabulous masks and costumes from the celebration.

During Carnival, the mask served "to protect, to reveal, and also to guarantee anonymity," says Gualtiero Dall'Osto, who owns Tragicomico, an artisan's shop making artistic masks.

Venice carnival: As the mist descends, the masks are out Venice is especially atmospheric in winter, and even more so at Carnival time. Paula Hardy. Tuesday 26 January 2016 13:19 GMT.

Every year, the Venice Art Mask Factory in Albania's Shkoder produces more than 20,000 hand-crafted masks, including 1,700 unique pieces this year alone, to be donned by carnival revellers from ...

A woman wearing a sanitary mask walks next to a carnival masks shop in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021. Carnival should have begun on Saturday, but the COVID-19 pandemic has made that ...