Get kids back-to-school ready with Expedition: Learn! It was around 1717 that Watteau painted his first, more literal version of the theme, which nonetheless bears a compositional similarity to the Louvre painting. Title valse-musette pour deux pianos Composer Poulenc, Francis: Opus/Catalogue Number Op./Cat. …his three versions of the “ L’Embarquement pour l’île de Cythère.” The myth of the island of Cythera, or of love, has distant roots in French and Italian culture, in which the journey is depicted as a difficult quest. IFP 27 Key E-flat major Movements/Sections Mov'ts/Sec's: 1 Movement Year/Date of Composition Y/D of Comp. Many art historians have come up with a variety of interpretations of the allegory of the voyage to the island of love. 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. "Watteau" in A painting by Jérôme-François CHANTEREAU (died 1757 Paris) 'L'embarquement pour Cythère' was sold in Paris, 13 June 1986. Le Pèlerinage à l'île de Cythère est un tableau d'Antoine Watteau, réalisé en 1717, et présenté par le peintre comme morceau de réception à l'Académie royale de peinture . By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica.Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. This work is now in the When Watteau was accepted as a member of the Academy in 1714, he was expected to present the customary In years after Watteau’s death, his art fell out of fashion. Watteau’s Cythera, by comparison, is a paradise wavering in the ephemeral and…
FP 150 I-Catalogue Number I-Cat. No. No. Pèlerinage à l'île de Cythère, dit L’Embarquement pour Cythère. The work celebrates love, with many cupids flying around the couples and pushing them closer together, as well as the statue of Venus (the goddess of sexual love). It has often been noted that, despite the title, the people on the island seem to be leaving rather than arriving, especially since they have already paired up. L'embarquement pour Cythère Alt ernative. 1951 First Pub lication. While the couple on the right by the statue are still engaged in their passionate tryst, another couple rises to follow a third pair down the hill, although the woman of the third pair glances back fondly at the goddess’s sacred grove. L'embarquement pour Cythère, synonyme d'un voyage au pays de l'amour viendrait d'un tableau de Watteau signé en 1717 qui représente des couples d'amoureux sur le point de partir pour l'île d'Aphrodite.
At the foot of the hill, several more happy couples are preparing to board the golden boat at the left. There are three pairs of lovers in the foreground. In 1904 Claude Debussy wrote a piece for solo piano titled "L'Isle Joyeuse", which may have been inspired by the painting; the colorful and brilliant piano writing depicts the ecstasy of the lovers. - Près d'un terme de Vénus, un pèlerin de Cythère, ayant à ses pieds un bourdon, est à genoux devant une jeune femme, qu'il invite à s'embarquer avec lui pour le doux voyage. WATTEAU Jean-Antoine (1684 - 1721) © Photo RMN-Grand Palais (Musée du Louvre) / Stéphane Maréchalle Pèlerinage à l’île de Cythère, dit l’Embarquement pour Cythère Il est reçu à l'Académie, qui crée spécialement pour lui le genre de la fête galante. Le tableau est aujourd'hui exposé au musée du Louvre. Watteau himself purposely did not give an answer. L'Embarquement pour Cythère est un tableau de Watteau, musée du Louvre. During the Humphrey Wine and Annie Scottez-De Wambrechies. Four decades later, Debussy's compatriot Francis Poulenc wrote a lively piece for two pianos which took the name of the painting for its title, "L'Embarquement pour Cythere".