Original sentence: The Enlightenment period consisted of few architectural progressions as far as theory and design elements
Edited sentence: New archeological discoveries (such as those of Pompeii and Herculaneum) drove new interest in Classical art and architecture.The Age of the Enlightenment witnessed considerable development in architectural theory on the European continent.Thus the term Neoclassicism (exemplified by the writings of Prussian art critic Johann Joachim Winkelmann) arose to designate 18th-century architecture which looked to these new Classical precedents in the design of buildings