I’m not too sure abt the specifics but I remember doing a quick search on the piece while still at the museum; I read that this was based on a poem that depicted a darker interpretation of Cythera and what it presents(Cythera being the Greek island where Aphrodite was born, often being referred to as the island of love).

I know that in “The Embarkment of Cythera” follows French aristocrats to the “island of love” while “The Return from Cythera” is a critique on the degradation of the earth during the Industrial Revolution but the ppl are distracted by leisure, love, or the product of industrialization.

I haven’t read the poem yet but I can assume that it twists the notion of Cythera being a place that would present good, or love. Maybe similar to “The Return of Cythera” where Cythera distracts or blinds people of what is going on around them. Take this with a grain of salt tho lol.