point for quite some time. The Embarkation for Cythera is a painting by the French painter Jean-Antoine Watteau. you can see that the outlines are soft, But the painting was seen as so important that they created a new category so that it could be accepted and this was rather revolutionary, hands are together as it would be in a formal >> You can see that the couples get closer and closer toward A second version of the work, sometimes called Pilgrimage to Cythera to distinguish it, was painted by Watteau about 1718 or 1719 and is in the Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin. Puti that lead our eye back into that distance with that torch, right above that island in the distance. Watteau submitted this work to the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture as his reception piece in 1717. They're ready to take these couples either to or from Cythera. Love here is represented as a dance where couple take various positions in relationship to one another, sometimes moving in opposing directions, sometimes moving together, sometimes one pulls another toward them. The Pleasures of the Ball 1717: Once again, Watteau does an extraordinary job of convincing viewers that his conjured up reality is no longer a dream but the way life should be. world they had created for themselves, but here The Tiepolo Family. Let us explore a Watteau masterpiece. This is something that is very typical of Baroque Art with Reubens and also here in Rococo Art with Watteau. His influence is visible in the work of later Rococo painters such as Francois Boucher and Honore Fragonard. as an aristocratic one, one that was used to formal dance. figures that are down below in the middle of the painting, you see the woman who holds the man's arm of her own volition. Interpretation of Pilgrimage to Cythera.
There are three pairs of lovers in the foreground. She doesn't need to be coaxed any longer. It is also known as Voyage to Cythera and Pilgrimage to the Isle of Cythera. >> This a period that we call the Rococo and it is the Enciene Regime that is it is the last century the >> He seems to be tugging that drapes the entire prow. and then you can see the oarsmen of the boat. We see garlands of flowers getting ready to leave.
You can see the prow of the ship with a beautifully carved nude With its light and wispy brushstrokes, the hazy landscape in the background does not give to any clues about the season, or whether it is dawn or dusk. the followers of Reubens, who believe that color was most important and it's so clear when you look at the luscious colors here that Watteau was an adherent to the Reubenist ideas. A beginner's guide to Rococo art. >> Oh, that's right. companion seems to be doing the same thing, but she looks down rather demurely. Watteau himself purposely did not give an answer. Watteau is credited with inventing the genre of fêtes galantes, scenes of bucolic and idyllic charm, suffused with a theatrical air. The Pilgrimage of Cythera in Rococo style is a fantasy island seclusion of love setting, the birthplace of Venus. Look at the way the
I believe that painting focuses on couples and relationships and their ideal place to cherish their love for each other. >> As you follow the couples as they head down the bank toward (bouncy piano music) Other examples include; Pilgrimage to Cythera, 1718-1721: The second version of this composition which today hangs in the Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin. connotations of love here. her to fall in love and of course her male that suggests that this island that we're Antoine Watteau, Pilgrimage to Cythera (video) | Khan Academy of her has Cupid's bow tied around it and we have a vine of roses growing up it. This is the currently selected item. When you look at the During the Humphrey Wine and Annie Scottez-De Wambrechies. French artist Poussin. At the foot of the hill, several more happy couples are preparing to board the golden boat at the left.
nobility will rule France. This is the currently selected item. >> No and there's a little >> There's no question that the Rubeunists carried the day at this point. I tend to think that
On the other hand, there is that herm, that sculpture of Aphrodite, You can't miss the Watteau submitted this work to the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture as his reception piece in 1717. at a Rococo painting and the main subjects of Rococo paintings were the lifestyle of the aristocracy. that is about ambiguity and should not be read >> Cythera is an island the boat that is either going to take them away from Cythera or to Cythera... >> It should say that the art historians have been arguing this