FILE: 02_Embarkation for Cythera_Watteau.jpg

TITLE: PAINTING - Embarkation for Cythera - ROCOCO STYLE, FRENCH BAROQUE PERIOD

DESCRIPTION: by WATTEAU (pronounced VAH-TOE). Typical Rococo style painting used for decoration on walls of aristocratic townhouses. Arcadian landscape w lovers leaving. Happy albeit wistful. Pagan theme = Venus @ altar. Subtle, suave. Aristocratic patronage.