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The term eclectic was first used by .

In the 18th Century , Sir Joshua Reynolds , head of the Royal Academy Of Arts in London , was one of the most influential advocates of eclecticism. In the sixth of his famous academical ''Discourses'' (1774), he wrote that the painter may use the work of the ancients as a "magazine of common property, always open to the public, whence every man has a right to take what materials he pleases." In 19th-century England , John Ruskin also pleaded for eclecticism.

Eclecticism was an important concept in Western architecture during the mid and late 19th century, and it reappeared in a new guise in the latter part of the , for instance, the fusion of samples from different genres has become very popular.

Picasso has often been cited as an eclectic artist because of his African-influenced Period .


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  • Hume, Helen D. (2003). ''The Art Teacher's Book of Lists''. ISBN 0787974242.