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  2. Neoclassicism - Wikipedia

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    Italian Neoclassicism was the earliest manifestation of the general period known as Neoclassicism and lasted more than the other national variants of neoclassicism. It developed in opposition to the Baroque style around c. 1750 and lasted until c. 1850 .

  3. Neoclassicism in France - Wikipedia

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    Classicism appeared in French architecture during the reign of Louis XIV.In 1667 the king rejected a baroque scheme for the new east façade of the Louvre by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, the most famous architect and sculptor of the Baroque era, in favor of a more sober composition with pediments and an elevated colonnade of coupled colossal Corinthian columns, devised by a committee, consisting of ...

  4. Periods in Western art history - Wikipedia

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    Baroque to Neoclassicism. Baroque – 1600 – 1730, began in Rome Dutch Golden Age painting – 1585 – 1702; ... This page was last edited on 2 December 2024, ...

  5. Age of Enlightenment - Wikipedia

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    He did draw a strict boundary between morality and religion. The rigor of his Dictionnaire Historique et Critique influenced many of the Enlightenment Encyclopédistes. [25] By the mid-18th century the French Enlightenment had found a focus in the project of the Encyclopédie. [24]

  6. Italian Neoclassical and 19th-century art - Wikipedia

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    The Italian Neoclassicism was the earliest manifestation of the general period known as Neoclassicism and lasted more than the other national variants of neoclassicism. It developed in opposition to the Baroque style around c.1750 and lasted until c.1850.

  7. Baroque - Wikipedia

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    One last difference between Baroque and Rococo is the interest that 18th century aristocrats had for East Asia. Chinoiserie was a style in fine art, architecture and design, popular during the 18th century, that was heavily inspired by Chinese art, but also by Rococo at the same time.

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    Layer cakes, bundt cakes, square cakes, 4-foot-long cakes, birthday cakes, tiered cakes, tortes, wedding cakes, slumping cakes and cupcakes. "It's a cake potluck. Or a cake heaven, cake nirvana ...

  9. History of theatre - Wikipedia

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    An 18th-century Neoclassical theatre in Ostankino, Moscow. Neoclassicism was the dominant form of theatre in the 18th century. It demanded decorum and rigorous adherence to the classical unities. Neoclassical theatre as well as the time period is characterized by its grandiosity. The costumes and scenery were intricate and elaborate.