This striking painting is split into two distinct realms - above and below the water's surface of an ornate pool. The upper portion depicts a classical garden setting with white marble columns, statuary, and manicured cypress trees against a bright blue sky. A figure in pink fabric reclines at the water's edge. The underwater section reveals a vibrant submarine landscape filled with coral formations in shades of pink, white, and orange. Scattered books lie open on the seafloor among the coral, their pages seemingly frozen in gentle underwater currents. Colorful fish swim through this submerged library, while bubbles rise toward the surface. The painting's split composition creates an intriguing dialogue between the formal architecture above and the organic, secret world below, suggesting hidden depths of knowledge beneath a classical facade.