Turn of the century jewelry that cannot be characterized by Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts, or Edwardian design. Circa 1890 through the 1920s, Beaux Arts (clearly influenced by a Viennese design source book called Die Perle, published in 1879) features finely detailed griffins, cherubs, and foliate scroll motifs. Example
the term refers to l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, the French academic art schooling based on Classical studies. Beaux Arts training emphasized historical Greek and Roman models, and the term often refers to Classical architecture and to the Renaissance revival styles that are based on it.