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  1. Movement in art and architecture in Europe
  2. and North America about 1750-1850, a revival
  3. of classical art, which superseded the Rococo
  4. style. It was partly inspired by the
  5. excavation of the Roman cities of Pompeii and
  6. Herculaneum. The architect Piranesi was an
  7. early Neo-Classicist; in sculpture Canova and
  8. in painting David were exponents. Others
  9. include Thorvaldsen (sculpture), Ingres
  10. (painting), and Robert Adam (architecture).
  11.