CLASSICALISM

classicism, classicalism

(noun) a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms; “classicism often derived its models from the ancient Greeks and Romans”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

classicalism (countable and uncountable, plural classicalisms)

classicism

Source: Wiktionary


Clas"sic*al*ism, n.

1. A classical idiom, style, or expression; a classicism.

2. Adherence to what are supposed or assumed to be the classical canons of art.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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