Contacts with other cultures through colonialism and soon the new discoveries of archaeology expanded the repertory of ornament available to revivalists, until its sheer variety became burdensome; after about 1880, photographic illustration made details of ornament even more widely available than prints had done.
Contacts with other cultures through colonialism expanded the repertory of ornament available to revivalists. Soon the new discoveries of archaeology expanded the repertory of ornament available to revivalists. Its sheer variety became burdensome. Photographic illustration made details of ornament even more widely available than prints had done. This was after about 1880.