Definition of classicalism Classicalism

clas•si•cal•ism

We found 4 definitions of classicalism from 3 different sources.

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What does classicalism mean?

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Noun

classicalism - 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"
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  arts, humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills); "the college of arts and sciences"
  artistic style, idiom the style of a particular artist or school or movement; "an imaginative orchestral idiom"
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  • classicalism (n.)
    A classical idiom, style, or expression; a classicism.
  • classicalism (n.)
    Adherence to what are supposed or assumed to be the classical canons of art.

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