Ornamentalism is a post-modern

architectural style An architectural style is a set of characteristics and features that make a building or other structure notable or historically identifiable. It is a sub-class of style in the visual arts generally, and most styles in architecture relate closely ...

that was a reaction against

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. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "Ornamentalism." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (January 5, 2013).http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-Ornamentalism.html

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