was a movement that occurred in Europe in the eighteenth century as a reaction to former World Baroque. The eighteenth century is a time of great change, since the Enlightenment seeks to end the baroque exaltation and scenic character, with the personalization of power and especially with the decorative excesses of the Rococo. Neoclassicism (1750-1800) responds to this need and the service architecture of rationalism, order, harmony and humanist principles. In essence, this is a return to Greco-Roman antiquity. ................................................ .................................................. .......................... For furniture, designers that inspire him back to Greek and Roman sources rather than to the Renaissance, but gladly adapted to the eighteenth century. neoclassical furniture were simple and geometric with straight legs that were shaking round or square section. In neoclassical furniture used different ornamentation such as medallions, denticles, moldings Corinthian, Ionic or Doric and wood were used as ebony or mahogany.
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