Podcast Episode 26: The Pilgrimage to Cythera by Jean-Antoine Watteau
Season Six is here! To kick things off, I am diving into the romantic and frilly Rococo period with The Pilgrimage of Cythera by Jean Antoine Watteau. You can listen here or download onto your favorite podcast platform. If you like the episode, please give a rate and review!
The Pilgrimage to Cythera, 1717
Jean-Antoine Watteau
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Charles Le Brun
(Leader of the French Royal Academy)
Nicolas de Largillière, 1683-86
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Louis XIV
Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1701
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Louis XV
Maurice Quentin de La Tour, 1748
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Palace of Versailles
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Jean-Antoine Watteau
Rosalba Carriera, 1721
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Marie de Medici Cycle by Peter Paul Rubens
(Now in the Louvre)
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Mezzetino, 1717-20
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Pierrot, 1718-19
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The Robber of the Sparrow’s Nest, 1712
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Sources
https://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/pilgrimage-cythera
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Embarkation_for_Cythera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZlH2JswO3Q
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%AAte_galante
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acad%C3%A9mie_royale_de_peinture_et_de_sculpture
http://en.chateauversailles.fr/discover/history/great-characters/charles-brun
https://www.britannica.com/event/ancien-regime
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XV
https://news.artnet.com/market/a-brief-history-of-rococo-art-32790
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Watteau
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/watt/hd_watt.htm