TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hooper-Hamersley,Rosamond
TI  - The Hunt after Jeanne-Antoinette de Pompadour: Patronage, Politics, Art, and the French Enlightenment
SN  - 9780739149652
AV  - DC135.P8H66 2011 
U1  - 944/.034092 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Blue Ridge Summit
PB  - Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
KW  - Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise de, 1721-1764--Influence
KW  - Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise de, 1721-1764--Art patronage
KW  - Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise de, 1721-1764--Political and social views
KW  - Art patronage--France--History--18th century
KW  - Patronage, Political--France--History--18th century
KW  - Art, French--18th century
KW  - Enlightenment--France
KW  - France--Court and courtiers--Biography
KW  - France--Intellectual life--18th century
KW  - France--Politics and government--1715-1774
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
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