Don Mills, Ont. : Southam-MacLean Publications · leaf 181
Fig. 1. greater refinement and correctness to classic ideal.Discoveries at Herculanium and Pompeii no doubt hadgreat influence in forming the new style. Decora-tions of a mural kind, furniture, metal articles andthe like had been brought to light in excavating. All … Fig. 2. such gave impetus to classic idea in designing formodern needs. As a result of this there was soonobservable both in France and Britain a reversion toclassic forms and a purer taste in design. As a con-sequence we find in the Louis XVI. style a great deal that is borrowed from the Pompean.…
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