est ▁and ▁Lor ient , ▁three ▁cities ▁destroyed ▁during ▁the ▁Second ▁World ▁War ▁and ▁re built ▁afterwards , ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁works ▁of ▁the ▁Bre ton ▁national ist ▁architect s ▁like ▁James ▁Bou illé ▁and ▁O lier ▁M ord rel . ▁ ▁Fine ▁arts ▁ ▁Until ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁Catholic ism ▁had ▁been ▁the ▁main ▁insp iration ▁for ▁Bre ton ▁artists . ▁The ▁region ▁has ▁a ▁great ▁number ▁of ▁bar o que ▁ret ables , ▁made ▁between ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁and ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century . ▁Bre ton ▁sculpt ors ▁were ▁also ▁famous ▁for ▁their ▁ship ▁models ▁that ▁served ▁as ▁ex - v otos ▁and ▁for ▁their ▁rich ly ▁decor ated ▁furn iture , ▁which ▁features ▁na ï ve ▁Bre ton ▁characters ▁and ▁traditional ▁patterns . ▁The ▁box - bed ▁is ▁the ▁most ▁famous ▁Bre ton ▁piece ▁of ▁furn iture . ▁The ▁Bre ton ▁style ▁had ▁a ▁strong ▁rev ival ▁between ▁ 1 9 0 0 ▁and ▁the ▁Second ▁World ▁War ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁used ▁by ▁the ▁Se iz ▁Bre ur ▁movement . ▁The ▁Se iz ▁Bre ur ▁artists ▁also ▁tried ▁to ▁invent ▁a ▁modern ▁Bre ton ▁art ▁by ▁reject ing ▁French ▁standards ▁and ▁mixing ▁traditional ▁techniques ▁with ▁new ▁materials . ▁The ▁leading ▁artists ▁of ▁that ▁period ▁were ▁the ▁designer ▁René - Y ves ▁C rest on , ▁the ▁ill ust rat ors ▁Jean ne ▁Mal ivel ▁and ▁X avier ▁Ha as , ▁and ▁the ▁sculpt ors ▁R aff ig ▁T ull ou , ▁Francis