Two main forces contributed to the rise of Neoclassicism, the reaction against the extravagance of Baroque and Rococo and the renewed interest in antiquity due to the excavation of several important classical sites (including Pompeii and Athens). Thus, these forces compelled artists from all over Eu...
The 1500s saw the introduction of the Early Modern period of art, which moved on to the Baroque and Classicist phase. Today, France is also home to some of the most impressive collections of artworks from all over the world. Notorious museums in Paris include the internationally renowned Louv...
The radical demand for the right to a garden as part of the post-war covenant is much less well-known. Thanks toBehind the Privet Hedge, Michael Gilson’s newly history of the enthusiastic gardening movement that accompanied the public housing movement between the wars, that lack has now been...
The main decorative element that enriches the generally quite severe architectural image is the framing of the windows: each of them is decorated with profiled segmental and triangular pediments, which alternate according to Baroque principles. In all aspects, the ...