Pierrot
Lovelorn white clown
Pierrot is a stock character from 17th-century French and Italian theatrical traditions—a naive, lovesick servant in white makeup and baggy white clothing.
He represents unrequited love and gentle pathos, forever pining for Columbine while she pursues Harlequin.
The figure became an iconic image in later art and poetry: Picasso painted Pierrot repeatedly. (Lowercase pierrot refers to the type or costume generally.)
Spanish cubism co-founder
- CézanneFrench Post-Impressionist painter
- RenoirFrench Impressionist master
- Toulouse-LautrecFin-de-siècle lithographer
- SchumannNineteenth-century German composer
Schoenberg · Stravinsky · Pagliacci · symbolist · decadent · ballet
Masked comic servant
- ScaramoucheCowardly boastful trickster
- commediaItalian masked theatrical tradition
- pantomimeDrama through gesture alone
- moonstruckMentally addled by infatuation
lovelorn · melancholy · naive · tragicomic
Picasso
Spanish cubism co-founder
- CézanneFrench Post-Impressionist painter
- RenoirFrench Impressionist master
- Toulouse-LautrecFin-de-siècle lithographer
Schumann · Schoenberg · Stravinsky · Pagliacci · symbolist · decadent · ballet
Harlequin
Masked comic servant
- ScaramoucheCowardly boastful trickster
- commediaItalian masked theatrical tradition
- pantomimeDrama through gesture alone
moonstruck · lovelorn · melancholy · naive · tragicomic
pantomime
Drama through gesture alone
- harlequinadeComic pantomime with stock characters
- stageRaised performance platform
- playhouseMiniature structure for children
farce · melodrama · spectacle · troupe · vaudeville · burlesque · cabaret · tableau · masque · improvisation
mime
Wordless expressive performer
- clownComedic performer in makeup
- clown namesRonald, Bubbles, Sprinkles, Dizzy, Binky
- Mimemime, pantomime, invisible wall, walking against wind, whiteface
- comedy typesclown, satire, parody, farce, slapstick
- Anime IndustryStudio Ghibli, Bones, Gonzo, simulcast, Crunchyroll
- commedia dell'arteHarlequin, Scaramouche, stock characters, commedia, Isabella
- decadencedecadence, decay, lavishness, aestheticism, dandyism
- Pierre de CoubertinOlympics movement founder
- Pierre Trudeau
- Pierre Curie
- Pierre Cardin