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  • The Berlin-based designers Elisa Strozyk and Sebastian Neeb created pieces of furniture from leather scraps and "pliable textiles" inspired by the Palazzo Fendi, the company's Neo-Classical international headquarters built in Rome around 1700.

    On Miami's Art Scene, a Battle of the Brands Marshall Heyman 2011

  • This is a good way to get the big picture of how the city is laid out and see many of the highlights, like the Neo-Classical Brandenburg Gate that is a symbol of Berlin and the innovative post-reunification architecture such as the main train station, which is made of glass.

    Scott S. Smith: The New Berlin on a Budget Scott S. Smith 2011

  • Neo-Classical incisiveness, as opposed to Romantic fluidity, sometimes with exotic and erotic overtones, is announced by Ingres's exquisitely refined pencil portraits, including one related to his forceful painting of the publisher Louis-François Bertin.

    Drawn to Revolution Karen Wilkin 2011

  • Selectively edited sculpture by Daniel Chester French, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Hiram Powers and other Neo-Classical and Beaux Arts artists occupies a raised platform in a setting of fountains and greenery.

    The MFA's New Art of the Americas Wing . . . Ada Louise Huxtable 2011

  • This is a good way to get the big picture of how the city is laid out and see many of the highlights, like the Neo-Classical Brandenburg Gate that is a symbol of Berlin and the innovative post-reunification architecture such as the main train station, which is made of glass.

    Scott S. Smith: The New Berlin on a Budget Scott S. Smith 2011

  • One version of the history of French art between the Declaration of the Rights of Man in 1789 and the establishment of the Second Empire in 1852 goes something like this: Just as the French Revolution deposed the irresponsible ancienne régime, Neo-Classical images of high-minded heroes replaced Rococo confections of frivolous aristocrats pursuing love in flowery settings.

    Drawn to Revolution Karen Wilkin 2011

  • The greater public has been co-opted by a blind faith in the Neo-Classical economic paradigm.

    The 14th Banker: Creating an American Latvia The 14th Banker 2010

  • The greater public has been co-opted by a blind faith in the Neo-Classical economic paradigm.

    The 14th Banker: Creating an American Latvia The 14th Banker 2010

  • The greater public has been co-opted by a blind faith in the Neo-Classical economic paradigm.

    The 14th Banker: Creating an American Latvia The 14th Banker 2010

  • The greater public has been co-opted by a blind faith in the Neo-Classical economic paradigm.

    The 14th Banker: Creating an American Latvia The 14th Banker 2010

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