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classicism
[ klas-uh-siz-uhm ]
noun
- the principles or styles characteristic of the literature and art of ancient Greece and Rome.
- adherence to such principles.
- the classical style in literature and art, or adherence to its principles ( romanticism ). Compare classical ( def 7 ).
- a Greek or Latin idiom or form, especially one used in some other language.
- classical scholarship or learning.
classicism
/ ˈklæsɪˌsɪzəm; ˈklæsɪkəˌlɪzəm /
noun
- 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
- knowledge or study of the culture of ancient Greece and Rome
- a Greek or Latin form or expression
- an expression in a modern language, such as English, that is modelled on a Greek or Latin form
classicism
- An approach to aesthetics that favors restraint, rationality, and the use of strict forms in literature, painting, architecture, and other arts. It flourished in ancient Greece and Rome , and throughout Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Classicists often derived their models from the ancient Greeks and Romans.
Notes
Other 51Թ Forms
- ···پ [klas-, uh, -, sis, -tik], adjective
- t·s·· noun
- t·s· noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of classicism1
Example Sentences
But the woman in her sculpture, made early in her tenure working in the busy studio of Auguste Rodin, leaves classicism far behind.
Designed by a team of architects, it blends elements of classicism with modernity.
So, there is a classicism aspect to it.
“The Great Lillian Hall” is not afraid to embrace its classicism; had it been made in the 1940s, it would have starred Bette Davis.
The artist, now 89, draws from the improvisatory impulses of jazz, the power of Abstract Expressionism, the eclectic excessiveness of assemblage and the academic classicism of Renaissance painting.
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