return from Cythera
E1024466
"Return from Cythera" is an alternative title or interpretive label for Antoine Watteau’s famous Rococo painting "L’Embarquement pour Cythère," highlighting the ambiguity over whether its elegantly dressed lovers are arriving at or departing from the mythical island of Cythera.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Return from Cythera | 0 |
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | painting title ⓘ |
| alternativeTitleOf |
L’Embarquement pour Cythère
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Embarkation for Cythera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliedToVersionOf | Watteau’s Cythera compositions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithArtMovement | Rococo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeriod | early 18th century French painting ⓘ |
| contrastsWithTitle | Embarkation for Cythera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describesAmbiguityOf | arrival or departure from Cythera ⓘ |
| impliesNarrativeOf | departure from Cythera ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| refersToMythologicalPlace | Cythera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| refersToWorkBy | Antoine Watteau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
elegantly dressed lovers
ⓘ
mythical island of Cythera ⓘ |
| usedInArtHistoryAs | interpretive label ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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