Greek Revival architecture

architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries

thumb|250px|right|Neo-Grec architecture in the tomb of actor Bogumil Dawison in [[Dresden, Germany]] Néo-Grec was a Neoclassical Revival style of the mid-to-late 19th century that was popularized in architecture, the decorative arts, and in painting during France's Second Empire, the reign of Napoleon III (1852–1870). The Néo-Grec vogue took as its starting point the earlier expressions of the Neoclassical style inspired by 18th-century excavations at Pompeii, which resumed in earnest in 1848, and similar excavations at Herculaneum. The style mixed elements of the Graeco-Roman, Pompeian,