The eighteenth-century woman Olivier Bernier

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bernier, Olivier

Contributor:

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Costume Institute (New York, N.Y.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--History--18th century.

Women.

Women--Europe--Biography.

Upper class women--Europe--Social conditions--18th century.

Upper class women.

Women in art--History--18th century.

Women in art.

Europe.

Genre:

Essays

Collective biographies

Illustrated books

Biographies

History

Illustrated works

Physical Description:

1 online resource (167 pages) illustrations (some color), portraits

Other Title:

18th-century woman.

Place of Publication:

Garden City, New York Doubleday and Company, Incorporated New York Published in association with the Metropolitan Museum of Art [1981]

System Details:

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

Summary:

"The hallmarks of the eighteenth century--its opulence, charm, wit, intelligence--are embodied in the age's remarkable women. These women held sway in the salons, in the councils of state, in the ballrooms, in the bedrooms; they enchanted (or intimidated) the most powerful of men and presided over an extraordinary cultural flowering of unprecedented luxury and sophistication ... Fourteen dashing and sometimes tragic women--empress and dressmaker, bluestocking and courtesan--come to life here in a series of lavishly illustrated essays. Delightfully informative, this timely book charts the beginnings of women's liberation, illuminates the century for those who are unfamiliar with it, and provides new insights for those who know it well"--From publisher's description

Contents:

Foreword / Diana Vreeland

Preface / Olivier Bernier

The emergence of power : Madame des Ursins, the Duchesse de Berry

The sway of intelligence : Madame du Deffand, Madame de Pompadour

Writer and publicist : Betje Wolff, Madame Necker

The flesh triumphant : Mademoiselle Clairon, Madame du Barry

In search of freedom : Abigail Adams, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire

Working women : Mademoiselle Bertin, Madame Vigée-Lebrun

To rule a world : the margravine of Bayreuth, Queen Maria Carolina

Notes:

Published in connection with an exhibition at the Costume Institute, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from December 16, 1981 to September 5, 1982

Includes bibliographical references (page 167)

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010

Print version record

Other Format:

Print version Bernier, Olivier. Eighteenth-century woman

OCLC:

678902047