"The Embarkation for Cythera"-Jean-Antoine  

Wattuea (1728-19?) canvas-50.5 X 76.5

In this painting Watteau uses a variety of implied lines and atmospheric perspective.  For example, there are Angels from the bottom right of the picture up toward the top of the sail.  This is done to give the viewer a chance to navigate through the painting instead of just having to focus on one spot alone.  The viewer is placed right in front of the painting as if almost viewing everything in person on top of a hill or nearby. 

                The use of atmospheric perspective is shown by the color change of the sky and angels as they get further away.  Also the mood of the painting is calm and peaceful; this was done by the use of cool colors such as blue, green, white, yellow to present a place of serenity and love.

                “What is usually accepted as shown in both versions has been neatly expressed as ‘the embarkation of pilgrim lovers for a distant Elysium of ideal happiness.”-K.T. Parker-Drawings of Antoine Watteau.