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Textile Design Art Movements and Period Styles Neoclassical France, c.1815, gouache on paper, HF (carpet pattern) D435 01

Title: Textile Design Art Movements and Period Styles Neoclassical France, c.1815, gouache on paper, HF (carpet pattern) D435_01
Design Library Classification: Art Movements and Period Styles
Design Library Sub-classification: Neoclassical
Media Type Textile Design
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Creator(s): Unknown
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Contributor: Design Library
Country France
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Publication Date: c.1815
Image Description: France, c.1815, gouache on paper

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"THOUGH ANCIENT GREECE and Rome have been a source of inspiration for European artists since the Renaissance, the term "neoclassical" usually refers to an imitation of classical style that began in the mid-eighteenth century. A return to a simpler, more austere mode after the exuberant ornament of the Rococo, the movement was sparked in part by the discovery in 1748 of the ruins of Pompeii, a relatively small town of a graceful domesticity far more endearing than the imposing monuments of imperial Rome. Yet neoclassicism's urns, arabesques, and medallions quickly became a rather stuffy formal style, suitable for grand houses and occasions of state. Number 3 is an allegorical toile in the neoclassical taste of the day, by Favre Petitpierre et Cie of Nantes. (See also Art Movements and Period Styles: Empire)"

Source: Design Library