. Art in France. 5 ?2. - W AITKAr. RlRAl. RES (Collection of the German Emperor.){Photo. Berlin Photographic Society.) 253 ART IN FRANCE. FIC. 533.— VVATTf; EMBARKATION FOR CVTHERA (The Louvre. P;iris.) (Pliolo. Aenrdein.) him to the interpre-tation of a rehnedsociety in its mosttactitious asp>ects,those of the fash-ionable worid andthe theatre. Wat-teau worked foroperatic decora-tors, and his mostdelicate reveriesseem to have beenevoked bv a grace-ful minuet in somefairy play. Theactors he loved donot play the heroic parts of tragedy; they do not declaim patheticsentime
. Art in France. 5 ?2. - W AITKAr. RlRAl. RES (Collection of the German Emperor.){Photo. Berlin Photographic Society.) 253 ART IN FRANCE. FIC. 533.— VVATTf; EMBARKATION FOR CVTHERA (The Louvre. P;iris.) (Pliolo. Aenrdein.) him to the interpre-tation of a rehnedsociety in its mosttactitious asp>ects,those of the fash-ionable worid andthe theatre. Wat-teau worked foroperatic decora-tors, and his mostdelicate reveriesseem to have beenevoked bv a grace-ful minuet in somefairy play. Theactors he loved donot play the heroic parts of tragedy; they do not declaim patheticsentiments in the midst of classic palaces; they sometimes wear thecostumes of the actors of the Italian theatre, but more often dressesinvented by the painter, and like those of his period, admirablydesigned to display the elegant ease of his little figures. The menare supple and impetuous, they stand erect on nervous, muscular legs,as ready to drop on their knees as to execute a pirouette; the sharp,eager faces of these cavaliers proclaim them as cunning and caressingas cats. The ladies meet their advances with no less dexterity,half consenting, ha
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