THE RISE OF NEOCLASSICISM
The origins of Neoclassicism in art, architecture and interior décor was the excavation of long buried Roman cities, Pompeii and Herculaneum. A popular correction of the ornamental Rococo style, Neoclassicism became an international style However in France, Neoclassical painting became a political weapon against the aristocratic class in France.
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