classicism

Definition of Classicism in English :

Noun

1. classicalism, classicism

a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms

Example Sentences:
'classicism often derived its models from the ancient Greeks and Romans'

classicalism

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Classicism

see synonyms of classicism

noun

1.

a style based on the study of Greek and Roman models, characterized by emotional restraint and regularity of form, associated esp with the 18th century in Europe; the antithesis of romanticism

Compare neoclassicism

2.

knowledge or study of the culture of ancient Greece and Rome

3.

a.

a Greek or Latin form or expression

b.

an expression in a modern language, such as English, that is modelled on a Greek or Latin form

Classicism

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noun

1.

the aesthetic principles or qualities regarded as characteristic of ancient Greece and Rome; objectivity, formality, balance, simplicity, restraint, etc.

Classicism

see synonyms of classicism

n.

1. Aesthetic attitudes and principles manifested in the art, architecture, and literature of ancient Greece and Rome and characterized by emphasis on form, simplicity, proportion, and restraint.

2. Adherence to the aesthetic values embodied in ancient Greek and Roman art, architecture, and literature.

3. Classical scholarship.

4. A Greek or Latin expression or idiom.

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