Carnaval na Igreja Católica data de 590. Era um período de festas populares marcado pelo "adeus à carne" ou do latim "Carne vale". O atual modelo surgiu na época vitoriana do século XIX. Paris exportou o modelo de festas para outras cidades, especialmente Nice, Nova Orleans, Toronto e Rio de Janeiro. Fonte: Wikipedia.
Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516) The Fight Between Carnival and Lent, 1510. Coleção particular.
Lodovico Pozzosserrato (1550-1604) Carnival in Venise, . Coleção particular.
Pieter Bruegel, The Elder.(1525-1569) The Fight Between Carnival and Lent, 1559. Kunsthistoriches Museum, Viena.
Willem Cornelisz Duyster (1569-1635) Carnival Clowns, 1620. Staatliche Museen, Berlim.
Antoine Watteau () Arlequin, Pierrot and Scapin, 1716. Musee des Beaux Arts, Moulins, France.
Willem Cornelisz Duyster (1569-1635) Carnival Clowns, 1620. Staatliche Museen, Berlim.
Antoine Watteau () Arlequin, Pierrot and Scapin, 1716. Musee des Beaux Arts, Moulins, France.
Pietro Longhi (1702-1783). Il Ridotto, 1740. Accademia di Carrara, Bérgamo.
Marco Marcola (1740-1793) Carnival Scene with Commedia dell'Arte Figures Performing and Making Music in a Street, 1780. Coleção particular.
Giovanni DomenicoTiepolo (1727-1804) Carnival Scene Minuet 1755. Museu do Louvre, Paris.
Giovanni DomenicoTiepolo (1727-1804) Ball in the Country, 1756. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nova York.
Etienne Jeurat (1699-1789) Carnival on the Streets of Paris, 1757. Musée Carnavalet, Paris.
Francesco Guardi (1712-1793) Carnival Thursday on the Piazetta, 1766. Museu do Louvre.
Felipe Boscaratti (1721-1807) The Carnival of Venise, Masque.
Jean Baptiste Debret (1768-1848) Cena de Carnaval, 1843.
Alexandr Petrovic Majsoedo (?). Carnival in Rome, 1839.
Thomas Couture (1819-1879) The Supper after thr Masked Ball, 1855
Alexis Bafcop (1804-1895) Carnival de Cassel dans le Nord, 1876. Musée de Flandre.
José Benlliure y Gil (1855-1937) Carnival in Rome, 1879. Coleção particular.
Claude Monet (1840-1926) Carnaval Boulevard de Capucines, 1873. Puschkin Museum, Moscou.
Marco Marcola (1740-1793) Carnival Scene with Commedia dell'Arte Figures Performing and Making Music in a Street, 1780. Coleção particular.
Giovanni DomenicoTiepolo (1727-1804) Ball in the Country, 1756. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nova York.
Etienne Jeurat (1699-1789) Carnival on the Streets of Paris, 1757. Musée Carnavalet, Paris.
Francesco Guardi (1712-1793) Carnival Thursday on the Piazetta, 1766. Museu do Louvre.
Felipe Boscaratti (1721-1807) The Carnival of Venise, Masque.
Jean Baptiste Debret (1768-1848) Cena de Carnaval, 1843.
Alexandr Petrovic Majsoedo (?). Carnival in Rome, 1839.
Thomas Couture (1819-1879) The Supper after thr Masked Ball, 1855
Alexis Bafcop (1804-1895) Carnival de Cassel dans le Nord, 1876. Musée de Flandre.
José Benlliure y Gil (1855-1937) Carnival in Rome, 1879. Coleção particular.
Claude Monet (1840-1926) Carnaval Boulevard de Capucines, 1873. Puschkin Museum, Moscou.
Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) An Carnival Evening, 1886. Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Winslow Hommer (1836-1910) Dressing for the Carnival, 1887. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nova York.
Mary Cassat (1844-1926) Women Throwing Flowers During Carnival, 1871.
Adrian Moreau (1843-1906). Carnival Procession in 17th Century, 1884.
Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) Pierrot and Harlequin. Mardi Gras, 1888. Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Moscou.
Pablo Picasso (1881-1975) Pierrot and Colombina, 1900. Coleção Particular
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) The White Pierrot (Jean Renoir) , 1901-1902
Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956) Carnival in Arcueil, 1911.
Max Beckmann (1884-1950) Carnival, 1920. Tate Gallery, Londres.
Andre Derain (1880-1954) Harlequin and Pierrot, 1924 Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris. France
Tarsila do Amaral (1886-1973) Carnaval em Madureira, 1924. Coleção Fundação Niemirorisky, SP.
Jean Metzinger (1883-1956) Le Bal Masqué, Carnaval à Venise, 1922. Collection Léonce Rosenberg
Paul Klee (1879-1940) Carnival in the Mountains, 1924. Aquarela. Paul Klee Foudation, Kunstmuseum, Berna.
Joan Miró (1893-1993) Carnival D'Arlequin, 1924-1925. Albriht-Knox Gallery.
Diego Rivera (1886-1957) Carnival at México, 1936. Afresco. Palácio de Bellas Artes, Cidade do México.
Max Beckmann (1884-1950) Carnival. Universityof Iowa Museum of Art
Cândido Portinari (1903-1962) Carnaval, 1960.
Emiliano di Cavalcanti (1897-1976) . Carnaval, 1970.