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Also known as eclectics

thumb|The grand foyer of the Palais Garnier, by Charles Garnier, 1860–1875. Stylistically, it aimed for a Baroque opulence through lavishly decorated monumental structures that evoked [[Louis XIV's Versailles. However, it was not just a revival of the Baroque, being more of a synthesis of Classicist styles, like Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Neoclassicism etc. Thus, it is an example of eclecticism in architecture.]]

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  • Origin<!--linked from 'Aetius'-->
  • Usage
  • Architecture and art
  • Martial arts
  • Philology
  • In Western philosophy<!--'Eclectic philosophy' and 'Eclectics' redirect here-->
  • Psychology
  • In Asian thought and religion
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thumb|The grand foyer of the Palais Garnier, by Charles Garnier, 1860–1875. Stylistically, it aimed for a Baroque opulence through lavishly decorated monumental structures that evoked [[Louis XIV's Versailles. However, it was not just a revival of the Baroque, being more of a synthesis of Classicist styles, like Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Neoclassicism etc. Thus, it is an example of eclecticism in architecture.]]

thumb|Early Romanian Revival architecture|Romanian Revival house on Strada Grigore Alexandrescu in [[Bucharest, Romania, unknown architect, , that mixes Beaux-Arts and Romanian Revival elements and proportions]] Eclecticism is a conceptual approach that does not hold rigidly to a single paradigm or set of assumptions, but instead draws upon multiple theories, styles, or ideas to gain complementary insights into a subject, or applies different theories in particular cases. However, this is often without conventions or rules dictating how or which theories were combined.

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