
Ever since the excavation of Pompeii and Herculaneum in 1750, elements of the classical style have been reincorporated and reimagined in all forms of contemporary culture, from the visual arts to music and cuisine. Thanks to these "neo"-styles, the most exclusive art works of antiquity found their way to the man on the street, for example, the continuously evolving neo-styles in fashion, pop music and interior design or the revivals of various "looks," from hippie to punk. Utrecht's Centraal Museum illustrates the concept of neo in its broadest sense. Occupying the nine galleries of the Centraal Museum’s stables complex, the exhibit shows just how much there is to the idea of "neo" -- not only in the visual and fine arts, but in architecture and film as well. NEO ran from 9/27/2003 until 1/4/2004
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2003-01-01
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