The Hunt after Jeanne-Antoinette de Pompadour : Patronage, Politics, Art, and the French Enlightenment.
Hooper-Hamersley, Rosamond.
The Hunt after Jeanne-Antoinette de Pompadour : Patronage, Politics, Art, and the French Enlightenment. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (415 pages)
The Hunt afterJeanne-Antoinettede Pompadour -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Hunt after Jeanne-Antoinette de Pompadour: Beyond The Toilet of Venus -- Chapter 2 Pompadour at the Court of Versailles -- Chapter 3 Pompadour and Diplomacy -- Chapter 4 Pompadour and Artistic Patronage -- Chapter 5 Pompadour in a Culture of Enlightenment -- Chapter 6 The Pompadour Paradox -- Conclusion -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
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 imprint on pre-revolutionary France.
9780739149652
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.
Art patronage--France--History--18th century.
Patronage, Political--France--History--18th century.
Art, French--18th century.
Enlightenment--France.
France--Court and courtiers--Biography.
France--Intellectual life--18th century.
France--Politics and government--1715-1774.
Electronic books.
DC135.P8H66 2011
944/.034092
The Hunt after Jeanne-Antoinette de Pompadour : Patronage, Politics, Art, and the French Enlightenment. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (415 pages)
The Hunt afterJeanne-Antoinettede Pompadour -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Hunt after Jeanne-Antoinette de Pompadour: Beyond The Toilet of Venus -- Chapter 2 Pompadour at the Court of Versailles -- Chapter 3 Pompadour and Diplomacy -- Chapter 4 Pompadour and Artistic Patronage -- Chapter 5 Pompadour in a Culture of Enlightenment -- Chapter 6 The Pompadour Paradox -- Conclusion -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
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 imprint on pre-revolutionary France.
9780739149652
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.
Art patronage--France--History--18th century.
Patronage, Political--France--History--18th century.
Art, French--18th century.
Enlightenment--France.
France--Court and courtiers--Biography.
France--Intellectual life--18th century.
France--Politics and government--1715-1774.
Electronic books.
DC135.P8H66 2011
944/.034092