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Love in the Italian Theater
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Wednesday Sep 30, 2009 (11am–noon)
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Directions: Main Building: Take the 4, 5, or 6 train to 86th Street and walk to Fifth Avenue; OR take the M1, M2, M3, or M4 bus along Fifth Avenue. The Cloisters: Take the A train to 190th Street and walk, or transfer to the M4 bus and ride north one stop.
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Free with museum admission
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Join curator Katharine Baetjer as she visits the special exhibition Watteau, Music and Theater, on view now through November 29. Music and theater had a pivotal influence on the art of Watteau, who explored the tension between King Louis XIV's court imagery of power and a more optimistic imagery of pleasure developed in opera-ballet and theater. Meet at the entrance to the European Paintings Galleries on the 2nd floor 11:00 a.m.
Image: Jean-Antoine Watteau (French, 1684 – 1721). Love in the Italian Theater. Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin
