Today's episode takes us back to the reign of the Sun King, Louis XIV, whose court was every bit as frothy as the clouds the harvest goddess Ceres is lounging on. We find out crabs are sometimes lobsters and how a penniless young man from the outskirts of Paris named Antoine Watteau ended up scoring a big commission from one of the most powerful men in the court. And why this painting is now so rare!
If you want to follow along, find it here on the Gallery’s site
SHOW NOTES (TRANSCRIPT BELOW)
“A Long Look” opening and closing themes are by Ron Gelinas:
“Ascension” https://youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo and “Easy” https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs
Episode theme is “Violin Concerto no. 3 in G major, K. 216” composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Performed by the NOVA Community Chorus, courtesy of musopen.org
https://musopen.org/music/2863-violin-concerto-no-3-in-g-major-k-216/
Artwork information
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46149.html
Watteau info
https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.1967.html#biography
https://www.nga.gov/features/slideshows/18th-century-france-the-rococo-and-watteau.html#slide_1
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antoine-Watteau/Watteaus-Cythera#ref35071
Cancer crab info
https://www.britannica.com/place/Cancer-constellation
https://ima.princeton.edu/2016/06/21/junes-zodiac-sign-lobster-like-crabs/
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