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The pompadour is a hairstyle named after Madame de Pompadour (1721–1764), a mistress of King Louis XV of France. [1] Although there are numerous variations of the style for men, women, and children, the basic concept is having a large volume of hair swept upwards from the face and worn high over the forehead, and sometimes upswept around the ...
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour (/ ˈ p ɒ m p ə d ʊər /, French: [pɔ̃paduʁ] ⓘ; 29 December 1721 – 15 April 1764), commonly known as Madame de Pompadour, was a member of the French court. She was the official chief mistress of King Louis XV from 1745 to 1751, and remained influential as court favourite until her death ...
Pompadour at Her Toilette is an oil-on-canvas painting by François Boucher from 1750 (with later additions) depicting Madame de Pompadour, the mistress of King Louis XV of France. Boucher's painting titled "Madame de Pompadour" also demonstrates the Rococo style. The format of the painting changed several times after its initial creation.
Popular music and film stars had a major influence on 1950s hairstyles and fashion. Elvis Presley and James Dean had a great influence on the high quiff-pompadour greased-up style or slicked-back style for men with heavy use of Brylcreem or pomade. The pompadour was a fashion trend in the 1950s, especially among male rockabilly artists and actors.
A list of cultural depictions of Madame de Pompadour. Pages in category "Cultural depictions of Madame de Pompadour" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
Images of her epitomized the late 19th- and early 20th-century Western preoccupation with youthful features and ephemeral beauty. Her neck was thin and her hair piled high upon her head in the contemporary bouffant, pompadour, and chignon ("waterfall of curls") fashions. The statuesque, narrow-waisted ideal feminine figure was portrayed as ...
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Madame de Pompadour at her Tambour Frame is a 1753–64 painting by François-Hubert Drouais showing Madame de Pompadour embroidering. It is now in the National Gallery, London . Until 1974 it was at Mentmore Towers as a part of the Rothchild collections.