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Rick Steves' Europe
Art Bites 170: Neoclassical Art and Architecture, the Age of Enlightenment
Baroque excesses were countered by the Revolution, the Enlightenment, and a stern, no-frills art that celebrated a new age of science and reason. Neoclassical art and architecture (called Georgian in Britain) spread from France to Denmark, Finland, and beyond.
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