The hunt after Jeanne-Antoinette de Pompadour
Subtitle: patronage, politics, art, and the French Enlightenment
By: Rosamond Hooper-Hamersley
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780739149638; 9780739149652
Subjects: Politics and government; History; Enlightenment; French Art; Intellectual life; Influence; Political and social views; Court and courtiers; Political Patronage; Biography; Art patronage
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The hunt for Jeanne-Antoinette de Pompadour : beyond the Toilet of Venus; title: Pompadour at the Court of Versailles; title: Pompadour and diplomacy; title: Pompadour and artistic patronage; title: Pompadour in a culture of enlightenment; title: The Pompadour paradox.