How To Do Your Makeup Like Marquise de Pompadour: Art-Inspired Makeup Tutorial

Описание: Join student tour guide Cecilia Zhou in stealing the Marquise de Pompadour’s look with this makeup tutorial based on François Boucher’s ca. 1750 portrait! Through this guided close-looking session, learn how to achieve the sitter's look yourself, informed by cosmetics in Boucher's painting. Grab some makeup supplies, and join us to create your own look.

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Work Discussed: François Boucher, French, "Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour,” 1750. Oil on canvas. Harvard Art Museums, 1966.47. https://hvrd.art/o/303561.

Read "Madame de Pompadour Was Far More Than a ‘Mistress’" (Smithsonian): https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-...

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The Ho Family Student Guide Program at the Harvard Art Museums prepares students to create original, research-based tours and interpretive materials about the collections. Rooted in the Student Guides' individual perspectives, each tour offers a unique, thematic viewpoint and opportunity for conversation.

SPEAKER:
Cecilia Zhou, Ho Family Student Guide at the Harvard Art Museums, Harvard College Class of 2023.

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Recorded January 29, 2021. Video: Cecilia Zhou. © President and Fellows of Harvard College. For questions related to permission for commercial use of this video, please contact the Department of Digital Imaging and Visual Resources at [email protected].