neoclassicism (redirected from neoclassicists)

ne·o·clas·si·cism also Ne·o·clas·si·cism  (n-kls-szm)

n.

A revival of classical aesthetics and forms, especially:

a. A revival in literature in the late 17th and 18th centuries, characterized by a regard for the classical ideals of reason, form, and restraint.

b. A revival in the 18th and 19th centuries in architecture and art, especially in the decorative arts, characterized by order, symmetry, and simplicity of style.

c. A movement in music lasting roughly from 1915 to 1940 that sought to avoid subjective emotionalism and to return to the style of the pre-Romantic composers.

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neo·classic, neo·classi·cal adj.

neo·classi·cist n.

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neoclassicism

Noun

a late 18th- and early 19th-century style of art and architecture, based on ancient Roman and Greek models

neoclassical adj

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neoclassicism - revival of a classical style (in art or literature or architecture or music) but from a new perspective or with a new motivation artistic style, idiom - the style of a particular artist or school or movement; "an imaginative orchestral idiom" 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"