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Neoclassical

Scope note

Use for architecture and art of the late 18th and the 19th centuries that follow principles of classicism. For late 18th- to early 20th-century architecture and ornament based relatively closely on ancient classical forms, use "Classical Revival."

This term has 460 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
School / style
Period

Getty AAT term number

300021477

Equivalent Terms used

Neoclassicism

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

Ceres

Maker(s)

Production: Hannong factory (Possibly)

Centrepiece

Maker(s)

Factory: Leeds Pottery (Probably)
Factory: uncertain (Possibly)

Vase

Maker(s)

Potter: Woolley, Richard

Vase

Maker(s)

Potter: Woolley, Richard

Vase

Maker(s)

Potter: Woolley, Richard

Vase

Maker(s)

Potter: Woolley, Richard

Candlestick

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory (Probably)

Neptune and Triton

Maker(s)

Potter: Wood, Ralph, II (Probably)

Bacchus

Maker(s)

Production: Wood, Ralph, II (Probably)
Production: Wood, Ralph, III

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