Reword

Hello,

I would be grateful, if someone checked my reword.

''This story, which was repeatedly cited by romantics in later centuries, was clearly modelled on Pliny's account of the special favours accorded to the painter Apelles by Alexander the Great''.


This story often told by by romantics in later centuries, was clearly based on Pliny's accounts of the special favours given by Alexander the Great to Apelle.

''The revival of artistic canons from Classical Antiquity was not an overnight event. It built on Renaissance art itself, as well as the more sober styles of Baroque architecture, the mood of Enlightenment, the dissatisfaction with the Rococo, and a new respect for the earlier classical history painting of Nicolas Poussin (1593-1665), as well as the classical settings of Claude Lorrain's (1600-82) landscapes. Furthermore, it matured in different countries at different times. Neoclassical architecture actually originated around 1640, and continues to this day''.

The revival of artisic canons from Classical Antiquity started during Renaissance, and was based on more sober styles of Baroque architecture.The mood of enlightenment, the dissatisfaction with the rococo, and a new view/look of/at the ealier classical history painting of Poussin as well as the classical settings of Clade Lorraine's landscapes triggered the revival of Neoclassical artistic canons

''Neoclassical works (paintings and sculptures) were serious, unemotional, and sternly heroic. Neoclassical painters depicted subjects from Classical literature and history, as used in earlier Greek art and Republican Roman art, using sombre colours with occasional brilliant highlights, to convey moral narratives of self-denial and self-sacrifice fully in keeping with the supposed ethical superiority of Antiquity''

The subject of self-denial and self -sacrifice was common in agreement with the supposed ethical superiority of Antiquity.

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