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Fumigating Vessel of gilt silver, in the Museum of the Prado 
in Madrid (L'art pour tcus). 
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inspiration, and ignored and looked down upon all systems, just the same
as the Jugend Style artists of the present day. Under such conditions it
is evident that, while a talented artist will be able to create some beautiful
work, one without talent can produce nothing but bizarre productions. The
whole tendency of the period was simply to create something new and astonishing.
 The designation Barocco became gradually to be applied also to all those
forms of expression, which originating from the antique basis, by the free
and varied treatment of the Ornament, gradually grew and developed into the
most exaggerated lineaments. 
 At the same period as the Barocco of the School of Michel Angelo, appeared
also the Classic of the Palladian School, which worked against the super-ornamental
element in the Renaissance, and endeavoured to to go back once more to pure
classic models. Both systems strove against each other violently, but the
classic gained the victory becoming the prevailing style towards the end
of the I8th century.