Goût grec

Refers to the early phase of French Neoclassicism that dates from the mid 1750s to the late 1760s and that stood in contrast to the Rococo style. Though applied broadly to objects with vague classical motifs, it specifically refers to architecture and decorative arts characterized by rectilinear and chunky forms and the use of Viturvian scrolls, heavy festoons, urns, and the key pattern.