
	Where results make sense

Topic: Marquise de Pompadour

Related Topics

Madame de Pompadour

Louis XV

Pompadour

Marie Antoinette

Louis XV of France

Marie Leszczynska

Madame du Barry

Louis XVI

Louis XVII of France

Masquerade ball

Rococo

Conciergerie

Joseph Mary Plunkett

Mistress

Fohawk

In the News (Sun 20 Dec 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	Madame de Pompadour - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Madame de Pompadour was born as Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson on December 29, 1721 in Paris.
		Pompadour was a woman of verve and intelligence.
		Pompadour suffered two miscarriages in the 1750s, and she is said to have arranged lesser mistresses for the king's pleasure to replace herself.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Madame_de_Pompadour (994 words)

	Madame de Pompadour
		Madame de Pompadour is one female whose contributions and authority in France have distinguished her as a historical figure.
		On December 30, 1721 Jean-Antoinette Poisson, the future Marqui de Pompadour was born to Louise Madeleine de la Motte and Francois Poisson of the bourgeois class.
		Madame de Pompadour, the mistress and friend of the king, is briefly identified but sheds little detail on her role in history.
	departments.kings.edu /womens_history/pompadour.html (1904 words)

	Marquise Brilliant Diamonds Shape: Diamond Source of Virginia Loose Diamonds Education
		The marquise brilliant takes is name from a legend that the Sun King desired a stone to be polished into the shape of the mouth of the Marquise of Pompadour.
		The marquise is usually cut as an adaptation of the 58 facet standard brilliant (33 crown, 25 pavilion), the same as the round brilliant.
		In the marquise brilliant, as with pear shapes and other elongated fancy shapes, there is an increased likelihood of having a "bow tie." This is a dark area in the shape of a man's bow tie that occurs when the cut of facets reflecting light are not optimum.
	www.diamondsourceva.com /Education/Shape/diamonds-shape-marquise.asp (365 words)

	Madame de Pompadour biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Madame de Pompadour (December 29, 1721 - April 15, 1764) was the famous mistress of King Louis XV of France.
		It is suspected that her biological father was the rich financier Le Normant de Tournehem, who became her legal guardian when her official father was forced to leave the country in 1725 after a scandal and she lived with her mother and sister.
		Pompadour suffered two miscarriages in the 1740s and later in life arranged lesser mistresses for the king's pleasure.
	www.biography.ms /Marquise_de_Pompadour.html (538 words)

	Illustrious People
		Marquise de (marchioness of) Pompadour, Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, byname Madame de Pompadour, also called (1741-45) Jeanne-Antoinette le Normant d'Étioles, influential mistress (from 1745) of the French king Louis XV and a notable patron of literature and the arts.
		Madame de Pompadour acted as his private secretary, but, although she gave the orders, the decisions were made by the King.
		The Duc de Choiseul, by far the ablest of the ministers, was Madame de Pompadour's protégé.
	gallery.euroweb.hu /database/glossary/illustr2/pompadou.html (829 words)

	MARQUISE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The name "Marquise" came from a legend of the Marquise of Pompadour that the Sun King wanted a Diamond to be polished into the shape of the mouth of the Marquise!
		The marquise is typically cut into 58 facet standard brilliant (33 crown, 25 pavilion), the same as the round brilliant.
		Marquise diamonds frequently display a bow tie, so try to find a stone in which this is minimal or absent.
	home.comcast.net /~bbuilderfl/d_marquise.htm (127 words)

	:: SUWA/Dictionary-Gemstones,Quality and Value::
		It would be possible to make an even smaller marquise at 3 x 1.5 mm (0.12 x 0.06 in), but a diamond of that size- no matter how well cut- would lose the beautiful brilliance that is all-important.
		The marquise in the photograph to the next page is 1.31 carats, with a beautifully balanced length -to- width ratio of 1.8 to 1.
		Marquise cuts look larger than other shapes in the same weight, but if a stone is too shallow or too deep, or if the culet is too long, an obvious fl "bow tie"-shapes area appear in the center of the stone.
	www.suwagem.com /dictionary/quality/book2-24/1.html (408 words)

	Madame de Pompadour
		Madame de Pompadour was born Jeanne-Antionette Poisson on December 29, 1721 in the rue de Clery.
		The Marquise de Pompadour, who had put all of her energy towards the affairs of the state, was physically fatigued and became quite ill. She died on April 15, 1764.
		On December 30, 1721 Jean-Antoinette Poisson, the future Marquise de Pompadour was born to Louise Madeleine de la Motte and Francois Poisson of the bourgeois class.
	departments.kings.edu /womens_history/pompadou.html (3583 words)

	The marquise de Pompadour visits London - National Gallery exhibition 'Mme de Pompadour: Images of a Mistress' ...
		The marquise de Pompadour is denigrated as a self-publicist mostly concerned with a craven Blairite manipulation of public approval.
		With a certain decorum Louis XV began with the eldest, the comtesse de Mailly and concluded with the youngest, the marquise de Toumelle.
		Mme de Toumelle had her sister, the comtesse de Mailly, expelled from the court, and held sway as maitresse en titre and duchesse de Chateauroux until her sudden death in December 1744.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2242/is_1644_282/ai_97228018 (955 words)

	Marquise Diamonds at Abazias
		"Marquise" the name comes from a legend of the Marquise of Pompadour that the Sun King wanted a Diamond to be polished into the shape of the mouth of the Marquise.
		The lobes of the marquise may look completely different on one stone than another and yet you wouldn't necessarily be able to determine that from the measurements of the stones.
		Marquise diamonds are cut, shaped and proportioned to a remarkably uniform ideal.
	www.abazias.com /marquise_diamond_b.html (297 words)

	Madame de Pompadour
		This is the special case of the first apartment belonged to the Marquise of Pompadour and located in the northern attic of the castle's central body, the countess Du Barry's, settled in the internal suites of the King Louis XV himself, and the Princesses', placed n the northern round-floor of the central body.
		On the console, a small red leather box with the coat of arms of Marie Leszczynska (Windsor legacy) reminds that the marquise was also one of the ladies-in-waiting of the queen and that the sovereign used to appreciate her respectful discretion in this task.
		The two candlesticks in Chinese light-blue porcelain hung over it are part of the earl Anne Jules de Noailles's legacy (a great lover of porcelains, whose ancestors had occupied this apartment after the departure of the marquise of Pompadour).
	www.madamedepompadour.com /_eng_pomp/galleria/articoli/cbaulez_e.htm (2637 words)

	Sotheby's - Services & Information - Investor Relations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Even though Madame de Pompadour was at that time at the height of her beauty and fame, she lived in constant fear of falling into disgrace and of the King becoming a devout practising Catholic again.
		Madame de Pompadour was therefore indebted to Jean-Baptiste de Machault, and in return she furthered his career.
		However, although Madame de Pompadour was Machault's patron for a while, she was ultimately to be the reason for his fall from grace.
	www.shareholder.com /bid/news/20040618-137318.cfm (962 words)

	Madame de Pompadour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Madame de Pompadour's brother was appointed director of the King's buildings and he, the King, and Mme Pompadour planned and built a number of costly palaces, pavilions and summer houses.
		Madame de Pompadour would have liked to patronize literature by providing pensions for many of the talented writers whom she knew from the Paris salons.
		It was at the urging of Madame de Pompadour that the King appointed Voltaire royal historiographer in April 1745, with a salary of two thousand livres per year.
	www.visitvoltaire.com /v_pompadour.htm (483 words)

	Madame de Pompadour
		Mme de Pompadour jouait le rôle principal et dirigeait les représentations, les courtisans jouaient les autres rôles.
		Le roi et Mme de Pompadour aimaient les animaux, entre autres les singes, les chiens et beaucoup d'oiseaux différents.
		Des peintres, des sculpteurs, des ébénistes et des artisans de toutes sortes furent chargés de décorer les bâtiments et de créer des uvres d'art élégantes.
	www.visitvoltaire.com /f_v_pompadour.htm (516 words)

	The Marquise de Pompadour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, the Marquise de Pompadour, was Boucher's patron, and as numerous paintings show, one of his favorite subjects.
		This picture, from 1756, shows Madam de Pompadour not in her role as mistress to Louis XV, but as an intellectual and supporter of the Enlightenment.
		Boucher clearly idealized Pompadour almost like a porcelain doll and pays conspicuous attention to the ample silken costume, reflections of an opulence, somewhat contradictory to the "age of reason" which is the overt message of this gorgeous picture.
	www.bc.edu /bc_org/avp/cas/his/CoreArt/art/anc_bou_pomp.html (212 words)

	Sundries: An 18th century newsletter - No 27
		de Pompadour and the king’s mistress, in her on-going effort to entertain the king, she proposed building a small theater like that at Etiolles, inside the king’s apartments at Versailles.
		The marquise was naturally the queen of the party, charming actress in the play and adorable singer in the pastorale.
		Pompadour’s little theater was so successful that too many people wanted to come for the small space, and so a new theater was built within the great staircase, though in such a way that it could be removed quickly.
	www.chezjim.com /sundries/s27.html (2938 words)

	madame de Pompadour
		Madame de Pompadour managed to entertain a bored Louis XV by organizing suppers, festivities, and shows, and by stimulating his interest in buildings and gardens, notably the Petit Trianon.
		Madame de Pompadour remained on good terms with the royal family and displayed respect for the queen, whose dignity and benevolence made her a great queen.
		Before becoming chief architect to Louis XV and friend of Madame de Pompadour, Ange-Jacques Gabriel (1698-1782) trained at Versailles in the school of Hardouin-Mansart, where he learned the monumentality and sobriety that led naturally to his mature style based on the forms and elements of ancient architecture.
	www.chateauversailles.fr /en/230_madame_de_Pompadour.php (539 words)

	Amazon.com: Madame de Pompadour: Sex, Culture, and Power: Books: Margaret Crosland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		According to legend, the career of Madame de Pompadour (n?e Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, 1721-1764) as mistress to King Louis XV of France was predicted by a fortune-teller when she was only a girl.
		Additionally, Pompadour, much to the chagrin of her male enemies at court, served as a diplomatic adviser to the king and, as a result, was blamed for military defeats during the Seven Years' War.
		This innovative biography is strengthened by the characterization of the divine Madame de Pompadour in terms of the sociological and cultural context of both her era and her distinct social station.
	www.amazon.com /Madame-Pompadour-Sex-Culture-Power/dp/0750929561 (1412 words)

	Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise de Pompadour - L'Histoire en Ligne
		Elle est elevée au titre de marquise le 7 Juillet 1745 et quitte Etiolles pour s’établir au palais des Tuileries.
		Madame de Pompadour a quarante-deux ans en ce mois de février 1764.
		Le 14 avril, Madame de Pompadour fait ajouter un codicille au testament qu’elle a rédigé sept ans auparavant.
	www.histoire-en-ligne.com /article.php3?id_article=263 (1045 words)

	Madame de Pompadour - Wikipédia
		Pour conserver son statut de maîtresse en titre, elle favorisera le penchant du Roi pour des filles de petite vertu, plutôt jeunes et jolies.
		La marquise de Pompadour favorise la poursuite de l'encyclopédie de Diderot qui connait un nombre important de détracteurs.
		De sa liaison avec le Roi, elle n'eut que des fausses couches entre 1746 et 1749.
	fr.wikipedia.org /wiki/Madame_de_Pompadour (855 words)

	ReadingWoman.org / Portrait of the Marquise de Pompadour
		Boucher not only shows the Marquise as reader but he indicates as if she might go back at any moment to writing a letter since the writing tools as quill, ink pot, seal and sealing wax, as well as envelope are seen on the small desk and in the open desk drawer.
		Her political influence found its culmination when the Marquise de Pompadour was influential in the treaty between France and Austria in 1756 at the beginning of the 7-year war, 1756 until 1763.
		The Marquise de Pompadour was without a doubt for her time a well read and educated woman who demonstrated besides politics an interest in the arts.
	readingwoman.org /en/cols/2004/6.html (2410 words)

	Loose Marquise Diamonds - Loose Marquise Diamond by Reflecting Concepts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The name "Marquise Diamond" came from a legend of the Marquise of Pompadour that the Sun King, France's Louis XIV wanted a Diamond to be polished into the shape of the mouth of the Marquise!
		Marquise cut diamonds have a singular elegance that cannot be mistaken.
		Marquise diamonds never blend in because they are a distinct cut that is anything but common.
	www.reflectingconcepts.com /loose-marquise-diamonds-15.asp (191 words)

	The green pays de Pompadour accomodates you in the heart of the Limousin Quercy Périgord
		In the 15th century, Geoffroi Hélie de POMPADOUR, at the time Provost of Arnac, Bishop of Périgueux and of Le Puy, and Grand Almoner of France, rebuilt a sumptuous château on the feudal mound.
		The POMPADOUR inheritance, disputed in a long trial between the Prince de BOURBON-CONTI and the Marquis de LA VALLIERE, was transferred to LOUIS XV’s favourite, Mme LENORMANT d’ETIOLLES on 24th June 1745; in September she became
		A year later, when the lands of POMPADOUR returned to the Crown and the second Royal Stud was established, the whole history of this heritage became linked with horses.
	www.pompadour.net /HTML_GB/decouvrir_histoire.htm (1131 words)

	Portrait of Marquise de Pompadour by BOUCHER, François
		Portrait of Marquise de Pompadour by BOUCHER, François
		Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson (1721-1764) became marquise de Pompadour and maitresse en titre to Louis XV in 1745.
		Her lavish patronage of the arts, in particular of the Sèvres porcelain factory and of Boucher, sustained the French Rococo style.
	www.wga.hu /html/b/boucher/2/pompado1.html (85 words)

	Marquise de Pompadour
		This is an official portrait, but not official enough for proper parure: Mme Pompadour wears deshabillé, although a very decorative one.
		Contouche and jupe are made of dark green taffeta (probably) and trimmed with scalloped flounces and bows of the same fabric.
		Favourite painter and protégé of Madame de Pompadour.
	www.marquise.de /en/1700/pics/1756_1.shtml (294 words)

	Marquise de Pompadour (1755)
		Après cinq années d'amour presque sans nuage, Madame de Pompadour demeura pour le roi une confidente, une conseillère écoutée et l'animatrice de ses plaisirs, jusqu'à sa mort au mois d'avril 1764.
		Madame de Pompadour fut, par ailleurs, une femme d'un goût exceptionnel qui exerça un véritable mécénat sur les écrivains et les artistes.
		Cependant, de ces trois préparations, seule l'une d'elles offre une qualité de recherche et d'exécution nettement supérieure à celle des deux autres qui ont subi les outrages du temps.
	www.axonais.com /saintquentin/musee_lecuyer/pompadour.html (795 words)

	The Marquise de Pompadour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Thanks to his admirable talent, extreme popularity, and the patronage of Madame de Pompadour, the mistress to King Louix XV, Boucher became one of the busiest artists of his day.
		These successes were all directly or indirectly encouraged by the Marquise de Pompadour.
		By this time, the Marquise de Pompadour had ceased being the sexual partner of the King, but remained his closest advisor on intellectual and artistic matters.
	www.bc.edu /bc_org/avp/cas/his/CoreArt/art/anc_bou_pomp3.html (202 words)

	Pompadour hair: Nostalgia
		The high-crowned poof of hair brushed straight back off of the forehead was a style officially named in the 18th century by the Marquise de Pompadour, a mistress of Louis XV.
		The pompadour hairstyle is forever linked to the advent of rock and roll, when rockers like Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, and even Little Richard swept their hair into the high wave pompadour.
		Some daring girls even attempted the pompadour D.A., but it was mostly considered a boy's style (although women did have their own variations of the pompadour).
	www.skooldays.com /categories/fashion/fa1763.htm (409 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)