Madame de Pompadour

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Madame de Pompadour
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The main objective of this slide show is to gain
visual exposure to the decorative arts during the
Rococo period and Madame de Pompadours influence
and patronage.
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Madame de Pompadour lived from 1721 to 1764. She
was a great patron of art and culture while she
reigned as Louis XVs mistress.
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This is the actual dress she wore when she sat
for her picture in the previous slide. It
reflected the elaborate, feminine characteristics
of French art during the 1700s
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She caught the eye of the king at a famous masked
ball in Versailles in 1745. Louis was disguised
as a tree during this ball.
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She managed to maintain a good relationship with
the Queen, Louis XVs wife, who said Better her,
than any other.
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Madame de Pompadour loved beautiful objects.
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This was the age of beautiful furniture. In
fact, even to this day FFF is considered the apex
of art and beauty.
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Pillar mirrors (mirrors that extend down the
wall) were popular. They reflected the
candlelight found in the salons of Paris and
France.
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Sedan chairs were carried by footmen so the
aristocrats feet did not get wet or muddy.
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These books were owned by Madame de Pompadour
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Madame de Pompadour supported the Duke of
Choiseul to be Foreign Minister of
France.Choiseul strongly favored the alliance
with Austria.This alliance broke up the alliance
with Prussia, forced Prussia to side with
England, and in the end, France lost its colonies
in the New World.
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As a result, Madame de Pompadour was blamed for
the ruin of France, and the outcome of the Seven
Years War.
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Her legacy remains the beautiful objects and
romantic inspiration of the Rococo age. The word
Rococo means shell work, and clam shells feature
prominently, along with flourishes and flowers in
Rococo art work.Remember, Rococo has an
essentially Feminine feel to it.
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Madame de Pompadour wore a cameo of Louis XV on
her wrist.
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Aristocratic ladies had elaborate dressing
tables, called toilettes with beautifully crafted
objects on them. These are Madame de Pompadours
rooms that have been reconstructed at Versailles!
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The gold fish became fashionable in France when
the India Company sent a number of beautiful fish
to Madame de Pompadour, in 1750.She used to
keep the red fishes into jugs made of glass or
porcelain on the mantelpieces as well as on the
windowsills of Versailles.
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A glass pattern created in France and promoted by
a clever publicity operation. It was said that it
was molded on Madame de Pompadours
breast.Maybe for this legend people sometimes
drink champagne in this kind of glasses.
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She ceased to be Louis mistress, but remained
his trusted friend. She died of Tuberculosis at
age 42.
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She supported some of the greatest minds of the
Enlightenment.
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Hated by the French people, she was nonetheless a
symbol of the age. Her patronage of the arts
left a glorious cultural legacy to France.
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The main objective of this slide show was to gain
visual exposure to the decorative arts during the
Rococo period and Madame de Pompadours influence
and patronage.