Complex sentence: With the work of Le Corbusier and the Bauhaus through the 1920s and 1930s, lack of decorative detail became a hallmark of modern architecture and equated with the moral virtues of honesty, simplicity, and purity.
Split into simpler sentences: With the work of Le Corbusier and the Bauhaus through the 1920s and 1930s, lack of decorative detail became a hallmark of modern architecture. Lack of architectural ornamentation became equated with the moral virtues of honesty, simplicity, and purity.