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Madame De Pompadour
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Author : Christine Pevitt
language : en
Publisher: Grove Press
Release Date : 2002
Madame De Pompadour written by Christine Pevitt and has been published by Grove Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This biography of the legendary mistress of King Louis XV offers dramatic insight into the life of one of the most enchanting, powerful, and feared women to grace the world's stage. Groomed from an early age to assume the role of a rich man's mistress, Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson underwent several transformations before she caught the heart of the king himself. Although accustomed to the king's extramarital relationships, the court was shocked at the sudden ascension of the low-born Mademoiselle Poisson. The newcomer, however, wasted no time in establishing herself as the king's sole confidante and, ultimately, his indispensable partner in affairs of state. The critically acclaimed author of Philippe, Duc d'Orleans, Christine Pevitt Algrant traces Madame de Pompadour from her modest beginnings in early-eighteenth-century Paris to her reign as the undisputed mistress of Versailles. Filled with photographs, and evocative and insightful in its telling, Madame de Pompadour is a seductive portrait of one of the most fascinating and influential women of the age.
Madame De Pompadour
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Author : Nichole Dapelo
language : en
Publisher: Publication Consultants
Release Date : 2017-12-01
Madame De Pompadour written by Nichole Dapelo and has been published by Publication Consultants this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-01 with Fiction categories.
At the tender age of ve, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson was told by a fortune-teller that she would one day reign over the heart of the King. Since that moment, her entire existence became dedicated to preparing for what she considered her destiny. In this historical- ction novel that is heavily based on historical documentation, Madame de Pompadour recounts the education and experiences of her youth that led to her relationship with Louis XV, and the social and political restrictions that she overcame both as a bourgeois in Paris and later in Versailles. Despite the intrigues and betrayals of the courtiers who despised having a commoner ful ll the of cial Court title of mistress to the King of France, her relentless love and devotion served to maintain Madame de Pompadour as the of cial favorite of Louis XV for twenty years, during which time she became one of the most powerful and in uential political gures and patron of the arts in all of France.
The Portraits Of Madame De Pompadour
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Author : Elise Goodman
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2000-01-01
The Portraits Of Madame De Pompadour written by Elise Goodman and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-01-01 with Art categories.
"An immensely eloquent tour de force, demonstrating the complex and often contradictory position of women in both intellectual and visual culture. Goodman examines Pompadour as an icon of court culture who simultaneously represents sexuality and the life of the mind. The paintings are the visual record of a remarkable and self-conscious fashioning of femininity." --Dympna Callaghan, author of Feminist Companion to Shakespeare "Elise goodman's stimulating and richly illustrated study recovers the visual record of women's place in the French Enlightenment. She traces a trend, engineered as much by the women themselves as by the artists who painted them, in which learning joins beauty to create a new iconography of female portraiture." --Susan S Lanser, author of Fictions of Authority: Women Writers and Narrative Voice.
Madame De Pompadour
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Author : Nancy Mitford
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-10-06
Madame De Pompadour written by Nancy Mitford and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
When Jeanne-Antoinette was nine, she was told by a fortune teller that she would one day become the mistress of the handsome young Louix XV - from that day she was groomed to become 'a morsel fit for a King'. Nancy Mitford lovingly tells the story of how the little girl rose, against a backdrop of savage social-climbing, intrigue, excess and high drama, to become the most powerful women of the eighteenth century French court, Le Pompadour.
Madame De Pompadour
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Author : Margaret Crosland
language : en
Publisher: Sutton Publishing
Release Date : 2000
Madame De Pompadour written by Margaret Crosland and has been published by Sutton Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Mistress of Louis XIV and Louis XV, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, known as Madame de Pompadour, was a woman of remarkable grace, beauty, and wit.
Madame De Pompadour
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Author : Evelyne Lever
language : en
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Release Date : 2002
Madame De Pompadour written by Evelyne Lever and has been published by Farrar Straus & Giroux this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A portrait of the famous mistress of Louis XV traces the political and personal intricacies of her relationship with the king, her impact on period culture, and friendships with top artists, writers, and philosophers. 15,000 first printing.
Madame De Pompadour
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Author : Hugh Noel Williams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1925
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Madame De Pompadour
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1938
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Madame De Pompadour
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Author : Colin Jones
language : en
Publisher: National Gallery Publications
Release Date : 2002
Madame De Pompadour written by Colin Jones and has been published by National Gallery Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Favorites, Royal categories.
Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, was one of the most powerful women of her era. Born in 1721 in a relatively humble milieu to a father whose identity has never been confirmed, she married a man who was possibly her cousin. At the age of 24, through her own intelligence and beauty as well as the scheming of her relatives, she became the official mistress of Louis XV of France. Even though their physical relationship ended after five or six years, she remained the King's confidante and companion until her death in 1764. She amassed both great wealth, which she lavished on the decoration of various chateaux, and enormous power with which she promoted those who pleased her and demoted, or had imprisoned, those who did not. In the process she attracted both admiration and vicious criticism, in France and abroad.
Memoirs Of The Marchioness Of Pompadour Volume 1 Of 2
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Author : Jeanne Antoinette Poisson
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2016-11-05
Memoirs Of The Marchioness Of Pompadour Volume 1 Of 2 written by Jeanne Antoinette Poisson and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-05 with categories.
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, also known as Madame de Pompadour (29 December 1721 - 15 April 1764), was a member of the French court and was the official chief mistress of Louis XV from 1745 to 1751, when she then became and remained a close friend and confidant to the king until her death. She took charge of the king's schedule and was a valued aide and advisor, despite her frail health and many political enemies. She secured titles of nobility for herself and her relatives, and built a network of clients and supporters. She was particularly careful not to alienate the Queen, Marie Leszcznska. On February 8, 1756, the Marquise de Pompadour was named as the thirteenth lady in waiting to the queen, a position considered the most prestigious at the court, which accorded her with honors. She was a major patron of architecture and decorative arts, such as porcelain. She was a patron of the philosophes of the Enlightenment, including Voltaire. Hostile critics at the time generally tarred her as a malevolent political influence, but historians are more favorable, emphasizing her successes as a patron of the arts and a champion of French pride. - Wikipedia