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Boucher—
Pan and Syrinx
(1759)
Curious Pan seeks a threesome, but to elude him, Syrinx eventually changes into reeds,
leaving him all wet.
Rococo art is like a Rubens that got shrunk in the wash—smaller, lighter pastel colors,
frillier, and more delicate than the Baroque style. Same dimples, though.
• Enter Room 34. Take a hike around and enjoy the English country-garden ambience.
Constable—
The Hay Wain
(1821)
The reserved British were more comfortable cavorting with nature than with the lofty gods.
Come-as-you-are poets like Wordsworth found the same ecstasy just in being outside.
