Assignment task:
In the chapter 1: "Neoclassicism: Science, Archaeology, and the Doctrine of Progress"
Barry Bergdoll notes in his chapter 1, first paragraph of your course text, European Architecture that "Neoclassicism was anything but a revival."
Briefly explain below, the larger intellectual developments that precipitated such momentous change in the world of architecture, and one or two examples of architectural writings and/or architectural works that demonstrate the changes.