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

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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hooper-Hamersley, Rosamond, 1952-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2011.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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.