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This fitted properly with a notion of Classical art because the embodiment of realism, restraint and order. Rome had turn out to be the principle focus of the Grand Tour by the mid-18th century, and aristocratic travellers went there looking for Classical visions to recreate on their nation estates, thus spreading the fashion throughout Europe, notably in England and France. Neoclassical work tended to be populated with figures posed like Classical statues or reliefs, set in a areas filled with archaeological details. Although this perspective has been occasionally revived, most notably by Bernard Berenson, modern students are likely to take…