Harlequin and Pierrot, André Derain commedia dell'arte c.1924 Oil on canvas 175 x 175 cm

Watteau's sad commedia dell'arte player of Pierrot, ca 1718–19, traditionally identified as "Gilles" (Louvre)

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The French character named Pierrot is a creation of Jean-Gaspard Deburau, and is a variant on the Italian character Pedrolino from the Commedia dell'Arte. Spelled "Pjerrot", the character is a fixture at Bakken, the world's oldest amusement park. Bakken literature claims that the character is more than 4,000 years old, and originated in Turkey. It is also claimed that in ancient times, the broad red mouth of the character was created by physically cutting the mouth to make it larger. Jean-Gaspard Deburau (born Jan Kašpar Dvořák on July 31, 1796 - June 17, 1846) was a Bohemian-French actor and mime. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Pierrot. ... Karel Dujardins set his closely-observed scene of a traveling troupes makeshift stage against idealized ruins in the Roman Campagna: dated 1657 (Louvre Museum) Commedia dellarte (Italian: play of professional artists also interpreted as comedy of humors), also known as Extemporal Comedy, was a popular form of improvisational... Dyrehavsbakken, referred to informally as Bakken, is the worlds oldest, intact, still-surviving amusement park. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Another Pierrot was created by Alexander Vertinskiy in Russia. His Pierrot wore a black tunic and pantaloons and sang sad songs in brothels. Alexander Vertinskiy (Russian Александр Вертинский, 1889 in Kiev - 1957 in Moscow) was Russian artist, poet, singer, composer, cabaret artist and actor. ... Tupa Inca tunic The tunic was the common masculine garment of Roman civilization. ... A type of pants worn by women, popularized in the early 1800s by their innovator, Mrs. ... A brothel, also known as a bordello or whorehouse, is an establishment specifically dedicated to prostitution, providing the prostitutes a place to meet and to have sex with the clients. ...

Pierroting

The noticeable feature of Pierrot's behaviour is his naïveté, he is seen as a fool, always being cheated and joked on by the others. Despite his suspicions about things, Pierrot always end up trusting people and believing in their lies.

Pierrot is also portrayed as a lunatic, as a person outside reality, in a state of unawareness, to whom nothing matters; just cheering and playing all the time: a bohemian. The term bohemian was first used in the nineteenth century to describe the non-traditional lifestyles of marginalized and impoverished artists, writers, musicians, and actors in major European cities. ...

One may be said to be Pierroting if one is behaving like Pierrot.

And lo, in that dawn he was pierroting over,

Swinging in spirals round the fresh breasts of day.

from the posthumously published poem "The Moth That God Made Blind" by Hart Crane. Harold Hart Crane (July 21, 1899 in Garrettsville, Ohio, United States – April 27, 1932 at sea) was a U.S. poet. ...

Pierrot (unattended story)

There is a story about the pierrot which relates how a small naked boy was found outside the gates of Heaven. It was winter, and as St Peter picked up the child and blessed him, the snow on his body turned into a suit of pure white clothing. St Peter adopted the child and gave him his own name—Little Peter or Pierrot—but there was one condition, Pierrot was not to be allowed to play with any of the human children he might come across as he wandered outside the gates of Paradise. Of course, this was almost impossible for a small boy, and on his return from just such a meeting he realised that his white suit now had black marks on it where the ordinary children had touched him. They proclaimed his guilt, and Pierrot was excluded from Paradise forever more.

The Arts

Russian cabaret singer Alexander Vertinsky often performed in the costume of Black Pierrot with his face powdered.

• British rock band Placebo's album "Meds" contains a track called "Pierrot the Clown".

An excerpt: "Leave me dreaming on the bed. See you right back here tomorrow, for the next round. Keep this scene inside your head as the bruises turn to yellow and the swelling goes down. If you're ever around, in the city or the suburbs of this town, be sure to come around. I'll be wallowing in sorrow, wearing a frown, like Pierrot the Clown." Image File history File links Vertinskyposter. ... Image File history File links Vertinskyposter. ... Aleksandr Nikolayevich Vertinsky (Russian: Александр Вертинский, 21 March 1889 in Kiev — 21 May 1957 in Leningrad) was a Russian artist, poet, singer, composer, cabaret artist and actor who exerted seminal influence on the Russian tradition of artistic singing. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Meds is Placebos fifth album. ... Pierrot The Clown is a song of Placebos fifth studio album Meds. ...

• Novembre, a progressive metal band from Italy, has a song called "Comme Pierrot" ("Like Pierrot") on the Novembrine Waltz album. The song is in both English and Italian. Excerpt: "Stasera piovon gocce d'acqua di luna / ed io arroccato quassù come Pierrot..." (Translation: "Tonight moonwater drops are falling / as I'm sheltered here just like Pierrot...")

• Los Hermanos, a rock band from Brazil, has a song called "Pierrot" on the debut album, Los Hermanos.

• American filmmaker Kenneth Anger features Pierrot in his film "Rabbit's Moon".

• Pierrot Lunaire ("Moonstruck Pierrot" or "Pierrot in the moonlight") is an important work of Arnold Schoenberg, a setting of Albert Giraud's work of French poems of the same name (translated into German by Erich Otto von Hartleben) to music.

• Die tote Stadt, an opera by Erich Korngold includes the aria Pierrot's Tanzlied (Mein Sehnen, mein wähnen) sung by the character Fritz.

• Pierrot le Fou is a film by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina.

• Langston Hughes authored short poems entitled Pierrot and A Black Pierrot.

• The video game series Magical Drop features "Black Pierrot" as a secret character, an opponent only the best players would get to face.

• In the anime series, Cowboy Bebop, there is an episode titled "Pierrot Le Fou." The episode features a genetically-altered madman with a perpetual smile. He is dressed to resemble Pierrot and hunts down anyone who happens to see him.

• In the anime series, Yakitate!! Japan, there is a judge called Pierrot, who judges breads in the Monaco Cup arc of the storyline. He was originally the son of the King of Monaco, but his mother died whilst giving birth. After eating the bread of Azuma Kazuma, he went back in time to meet his father and mother, and ultimately ended up saving her life, hence earning the name Pierrot (after himself).

• In the manga series D.Gray-man, the Millennium Earl and Allen Walker (and his Innocence) are described as 'Two Pierrots, dancing in a dream with two different endings'. Furthermore, Allen's Innocence is said to resemble 'the white clown that chases after Auginiste'.

• 'Pierrot' is a song by Lee Hyun Do and is featured in the rhythm video game Pump It Up.

• Brindis por Pierrot (Cheers for Pierrot) is an album of the Uruguayan songwriter/singer Jaime Ross.

• The song "The Carnival Is Over" by Australian band The Seekers features the lines "But the joys of love are fleeting / For Pierrot and Columbine."

• Rintaro's segment of the anime triptych Neo-Tokyo ("Labyrinth") features a somewhat sinister clown who resembles some representations of Pierrot.

• David Bowie wore a Pierrot costume in the photo shoot for the sleeve of his album "Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)".

• Leo Sayer dressed as Pierrot on tour following the release of his first album "Silverbird"

• The Japanese pop band Berryz Koubou's song Kokuhaku no Funsui Hiroba features the lyric "I am Pierrot" in reference to a girl who has just confessed her love and, having not yet received an answer, imagines the worse.

• In the little magazine The Savoy from the 1890's, a Beardsley drawing was often printed on the back cover featuring a misschievous pierrot in place of the traditional hero Bellerophon on the back of the winged horse Pegasus.

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See also

• Pedrolino
• Commedia dell'arte
• Jerry Cornelius
• Harlequin

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