Pietro Radillo
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Pietro Radillo the Venetian puppeteer
, made significant innovations in the marrionette arts. Expanding upon the traditional rod and two strings for control of marrionettes, Radillo's puppets worked with up to eight strings, significantly improving the control over the individual body parts.
Puppeteer
A puppeteer is a person who manipulates an inanimate object, such as a puppet, in real time to create the illusion of life. The puppeteer may be visible to or hidden from the audience. A puppeteer can operate a puppet indirectly by the use of strings, rods, wires, electronics or directly by his or...
, made significant innovations in the marrionette arts. Expanding upon the traditional rod and two strings for control of marrionettes, Radillo's puppets worked with up to eight strings, significantly improving the control over the individual body parts.