The hunt after Jeanne-Antoinette de Pompadour : patronage, politics, art, and the French Enlightenment

The hunt after Jeanne-Antoinette de Pompadour : patronage, politics, art, and the French Enlightenment / Rosamond Hooper-Hamersley.

This book recast the import of Mme de Pompadour as a political and artistic patron at the cour of Versailles in mid eighteenth century France. Her visual record is lush and archival and printed sources demonstrate the degree to which she dazzled and enlightened culture, leaver her considerable impri...

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Main Author: Hooper-Hamersley, Rosamond, 1952-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2011.
Subjects:
Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, > marquise de, > 1721-1764 > Influence.
Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, > marquise de, > 1721-1764 > Art patronage.
Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, > marquise de, > 1721-1764 > Political and social views.
Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, > marquise de, > 1721-1764
Pompadour, Jeanette A. de.
1700-1799
Art patronage > France > History > 18th century.
Patronage, Political > France > History > 18th century.
Art, French > 18th century.
Enlightenment > France.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
Art, French
Art patronage
Courts and courtiers
Enlightenment
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Intellectual life
Patronage, Political
Political and social views
Politics and government
Patronage.
Hof.
Kunst.
Geistesleben.
France > Court and courtiers > Biography.
France > Intellectual life > 18th century.
France > Politics and government > 1715-1774.
France
Frankreich.
Electronic books.
collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • The hunt for Jeanne-Antoinette de Pompadour : beyond the Toilet of Venus
  • Pompadour at the Court of Versailles
  • Pompadour and diplomacy
  • Pompadour and artistic patronage
  • Pompadour in a culture of enlightenment
  • The Pompadour paradox.

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