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Does Watteau's first version of the 'Pilgrimage to Cythera' fulfill any of the criteria outlined in the text by Feblibien?
Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) was a French Rococo artist. He was probably best known for his fetes galantes paintings, which depicted romanticized, idyllic scenes with elaborately costumed ladies and gentlemen at play, in fanciful outdoor settings. Many of his charming graceful paintings show his strong interest in theatre and ballet, an interest, which was possibly picked up while he studied with Claude Gillot who designed and executed scenery for the stage. Watteau was also heavily influenced
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Watteau Sources Used For Images Fig. 1- http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/watteau/i/cythera.jpg Fig. 2- http://arthistory.westvalley.edu/images/W/WATTEAU/CYTHERA_DETAIL.JPG Fig. 3- My Own Sketch Fig. 4- http://69.20.65.141/paintings/artists/w/watteau/thumb-oil/embarkation_for_cythera_or_the_pilgrimage_to_cythera_detail_1_1717_XX_louvre_paris_france.JPG Fig. 5- http://www.digitalart.ab.ca/art/ren/images/birth-of-venus.jpg
