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When Watteau applied to join the French academy in 1717, there was no suitable category for his works, so the academy simply created one rather than reject his application. His <a href="/wiki/Reception_piece" title="Reception piece">reception piece</a> was the <i><a href="/wiki/Embarkation_for_Cythera" class="mw-redirect" title="Embarkation for Cythera">Embarkation for Cythera</a></i>, now in the <a href="/wiki/Louvre" title="Louvre">Louvre</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Oxf_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oxf-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Watteau wanted recognition from the government-appointed <a href="/wiki/Acad%C3%A9mie_royale_de_peinture_et_de_sculpture" title="Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture">Academy of Painting and Sculpture</a>. The Academy upheld the <a href="/wiki/Hierarchy_of_genres" title="Hierarchy of genres">hierarchy of genres</a>, ranking scenes of everyday life and portraits, the paintings most desired by private patrons, as lower than morally educational paintings illustrating <a href="/wiki/History_painting" title="History painting">history paintings</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Allegory" title="Allegory">allegories</a> and scenes from <a href="/wiki/Mythology" class="mw-redirect" title="Mythology">mythology</a>. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 175px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 170px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jean-Antoine_Watteau_-_F%C3%AAtes_Venitiennes_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Fêtes Vénitiennes"><img alt="Fêtes Vénitiennes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Jean-Antoine_Watteau_-_F%C3%AAtes_Venitiennes_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/140px-Jean-Antoine_Watteau_-_F%C3%AAtes_Venitiennes_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Jean-Antoine_Watteau_-_F%C3%AAtes_Venitiennes_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/210px-Jean-Antoine_Watteau_-_F%C3%AAtes_Venitiennes_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Jean-Antoine_Watteau_-_F%C3%AAtes_Venitiennes_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/280px-Jean-Antoine_Watteau_-_F%C3%AAtes_Venitiennes_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3238" data-file-height="4001" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/F%C3%AAtes_V%C3%A9nitiennes" title="Fêtes Vénitiennes">Fêtes Vénitiennes</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 175px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 170px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jean-Antoine_Watteau_-_Mezzetin.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Mezzetin, 1718/9"><img alt="Mezzetin, 1718/9" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Jean-Antoine_Watteau_-_Mezzetin.JPG/140px-Jean-Antoine_Watteau_-_Mezzetin.JPG" decoding="async" width="140" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Jean-Antoine_Watteau_-_Mezzetin.JPG/210px-Jean-Antoine_Watteau_-_Mezzetin.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Jean-Antoine_Watteau_-_Mezzetin.JPG/280px-Jean-Antoine_Watteau_-_Mezzetin.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2261" data-file-height="2904" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Mezzetino" title="Mezzetino">Mezzetin</a>, 1718/9</div> </li> </ul> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Wider_context">Wider context</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=F%C3%AAte_galante&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Wider context"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Fête galante</i> paintings are an important part of the <a href="/wiki/Rococo" title="Rococo">Rococo</a> period of art, which saw the focus of European arts move away from the hierarchical, standardized grandeur of the church and <a href="/wiki/Royal_court" title="Royal court">royal court</a> and toward an appreciation for intimacy and personal pleasures. Nonetheless, the lush, outdoor settings of <i>fête galante</i> paintings were often borrowed from earlier paintings, especially from Venetian paintings of the 16th century and Dutch paintings of the 17th century. </p><p>The nineteenth century saw an anachronistic revival of such scenes in the <i>costume genre</i> depictions or <i>scene galante</i> paintings by, for example, <a href="/wiki/Arturo_Ricci" title="Arturo Ricci">Arturo Ricci</a>. </p><p><br /> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nicolas_Lancret_001.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Nicolas Lancret, circa 1730"><img alt="Nicolas Lancret, circa 1730" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Nicolas_Lancret_001.jpg/133px-Nicolas_Lancret_001.jpg" decoding="async" width="133" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Nicolas_Lancret_001.jpg/199px-Nicolas_Lancret_001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Nicolas_Lancret_001.jpg/265px-Nicolas_Lancret_001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2024" data-file-height="2594" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Lancret" title="Nicolas Lancret">Nicolas Lancret</a>, circa 1730</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Declarationoflove.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jean François de Troy, The Declaration of Love, 1731."><img alt="Jean François de Troy, The Declaration of Love, 1731." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Declarationoflove.jpg/180px-Declarationoflove.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Declarationoflove.jpg/270px-Declarationoflove.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Declarationoflove.jpg/360px-Declarationoflove.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="703" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Jean_Fran%C3%A7ois_de_Troy" class="mw-redirect" title="Jean François de Troy">Jean François de Troy</a>, <i>The Declaration of Love, 1731.</i></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=F%C3%AAte_galante&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gaston_La_Touche_-_The_Arbor_-_Walters_372626.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Gaston_La_Touche_-_The_Arbor_-_Walters_372626.jpg/220px-Gaston_La_Touche_-_The_Arbor_-_Walters_372626.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Gaston_La_Touche_-_The_Arbor_-_Walters_372626.jpg/330px-Gaston_La_Touche_-_The_Arbor_-_Walters_372626.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Gaston_La_Touche_-_The_Arbor_-_Walters_372626.jpg/440px-Gaston_La_Touche_-_The_Arbor_-_Walters_372626.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1625" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Gaston_La_Touche" title="Gaston La Touche">Gaston La Touche</a>, <i>The Arbor</i>, 1906 </figcaption></figure> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Perfect_Harmony_(painting)" title="Perfect Harmony (painting)">L'Accord Parfait</a></i> (LACMA)- painted by Watteau between 1717 and 1718. A lovely young woman holds music for a homely old man playing a <a href="/wiki/Flute" title="Flute">flute</a>.</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Le_Collation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Le Collation (page does not exist)">Le Collation</a></i> - by Pater. Gentry flirt and pick flowers before a female nude reclining on a mound shaped like a sea shell. The nude probably represents the goddess <a href="/wiki/Venus_(mythology)" title="Venus (mythology)">Venus</a>.</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Danse_dans_le_Parc&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Danse dans le Parc (page does not exist)">Danse dans le Parc</a></i> - by <a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Lancret" title="Nicolas Lancret">Nicolas Lancret</a>. Lavishly dressed courtiers dance before the statue of an heroic male nude. Male nudes were a favorite subject of history paintings, so this statue clearly is meant to elevate the dancers to "historical" status.</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Declaration_of_Love_(painting)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Declaration of Love (painting) (page does not exist)">Declaration of Love</a></i> - painted by <a href="/wiki/Jean_Fran%C3%A7ois_de_Troy" class="mw-redirect" title="Jean François de Troy">Jean François de Troy</a> in 1731. De Troy's style is much more realistic than most. This painting was purchased by <a href="/wiki/Frederick_II_of_Prussia" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederick II of Prussia">Frederick II of Prussia</a> and hung in the <a href="/wiki/Sanssouci" title="Sanssouci">Sans Souci</a> palace.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Les_Deux_Cousines" class="mw-redirect" title="Les Deux Cousines">Les Deux Cousines</a></i> - painted by Watteau between 1717 and 1718. Two women in white <a href="/wiki/Satin" title="Satin">satin</a> gowns are offered a red cape by a gallant young man. As in other fête galante paintings, Greco-Roman statues along the lake help elevate this genre scene to <a href="/wiki/History_painting" title="History painting">history painting</a> status.</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gardens_of_the_Villa_d%27Este_at_Tivoli&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gardens of the Villa d'Este at Tivoli (page does not exist)">Gardens of the Villa d'Este at Tivoli</a></i> - painted by Fragonard. <a href="/wiki/Classical_architecture" title="Classical architecture">Classical architecture</a> provides the backdrop for an outdoor meal and games.</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Lady_in_a_Garden_Taking_Coffee_With_Some_Children&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="A Lady in a Garden Taking Coffee With Some Children (page does not exist)">A Lady in a Garden Taking Coffee With Some Children</a></i> - painted by Lancret about 1742. A woman seated next to a fountain in a lavish garden spoons some exotic coffee over to her children while two men- probably a husband and a servant- look on.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mezzetino_(painting)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mezzetino (painting)">Mezzetino</a></i> - painted by Watteau between 1718 and 1720. Not technically a fête galante, this painting shows a pathetic figure from the Italian <a href="/wiki/Commedia_dell%27arte" title="Commedia dell'arte">commedia dell'arte</a> serenading a statue.</li> <li><i>A <a href="/wiki/Pilgrimage_to_Cythera" class="mw-redirect" title="Pilgrimage to Cythera">Pilgrimage to Cythera</a></i> - painted by Watteau in 1717. Beautifully dressed aristocrats, attended by cherubs, visit an island supposedly dedicated to the ancient love goddess <a href="/wiki/Aphrodite" title="Aphrodite">Cythera</a>. This painting is often held up as the prototype of the fête galante.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Shepherds_(Watteau)" title="The Shepherds (Watteau)">The Shepherds</a></i> - painted by Watteau about 1716. This painting plays on a long tradition of aristocrats pretending to be rural shepherds, a tradition which flourished in the 18th century, most famously at the mock hamlet of <a href="/wiki/Marie_Antoinette" title="Marie Antoinette">Marie Antoinette</a>.</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Venetian_Pleasures&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Venetian Pleasures (page does not exist)">Venetian Pleasures</a></i> - painted by Watteau between 1718 and 1719. Two dancers (the man in Arabian costume) perform for a crowd of onlookers in front of a statue of Venus. The bagpiper may be a <a href="/wiki/Self-portrait" title="Self-portrait">self-portrait</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=F%C3%AAte_galante&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kleiner, Fred, S. (Ed.) (2011) <i>Gardner's Art Through the Ages: A global history</i>. Enhanced 13th edn. Boston: Wadsworth, p. 755. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-495-79986-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-495-79986-3">978-0-495-79986-3</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Oxf-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Oxf_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Clarke, M. & D. (2010) "fête galante" in <i>The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms</i>. oxfordreference.com, <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" title="Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>. Retrieved 8 November 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/glossary/fte-galante">Fête Galante</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161116225546/http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/glossary/fte-galante">Archived</a> 2016-11-16 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i>Glossary</i>, <a href="/wiki/National_Gallery" title="National Gallery">National Gallery</a>, 2013. 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1718)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Actors_of_the_Com%C3%A9die-Fran%C3%A7aise" title="Actors of the Comédie-Française">Actors of the Comédie-Française</a></i> (c. 1711–1718)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/La_Boudeuse_(painting)" title="La Boudeuse (painting)">La Boudeuse</a></i> (c. 1715–1718)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Faux_Pas" title="The Faux Pas">The Faux Pas</a></i> (1716–1718)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Embarkation_for_Cythera" title="The Embarkation for Cythera">The Embarkation for Cythera</a></i> (c. 1717; c. 1718–1719)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/F%C3%AAtes_V%C3%A9nitiennes" title="Fêtes Vénitiennes">Fêtes Vénitiennes</a></i> (1719)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Perfect_Harmony_(painting)" title="Perfect Harmony (painting)">Perfect Harmony</a></i> (c. 1719)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jupiter_and_Antiope_(Watteau)" title="Jupiter and Antiope (Watteau)">Jupiter and Antiope</a></i> (c. 1714–1719)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pierrot_(Watteau)" title="Pierrot (Watteau)">Pierrot</a></i> 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