Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. European
6. [modern European styles and movements]

Anotations

Scope note:

Satirical name used to describe a style of Central European arts prevalent from the 1820s to the 1850s, that became associated with the taste of the middle class. The style is characterized by simple, unpretentious forms, and sentimentalized representations of man and nature.