Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)
4. Visual Works (hierarchy name)
5. visual works (works)
6. [visual works by material or technique]
7. paintings (visual works)
8. [paintings by subject type]

Anotations

Scope note:

Category of paintings derived from a description by the French Academy in 1717 of Antoine Watteau's variations of the "fête champêtre" genre. Fête champêtre ("rural festival") paintings portray costumed figures in an idealized, poetic setting, while fête galante ("courtship party") paintings are usually small in scale, and show groups of aristocratic men and women in pastoral settings engaged in amorous play.