neoclassicism
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- noun
- /ˌniːoʊˈklæsɪsɪzəm/
- Specialized
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neoclasicismo
- Many artists embraced neoclassicism during the 18th century, inspired by the ideals of ancient Greece and Rome.
- French neoclassicism
This is the derivation from neoclassicism which we need to look at carefully.
- This is the derivation from neoclassicism which we need to look at carefully.
Examples
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At the time, most interior design and furnishings were in a style that we today call Biedermeier: modestly ornamented forms derived from the Neoclassicism of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century.
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And the drama in question is most definitely not that of seventeenth-century Germany, but instead one that has most in common with French neoclassicism, with its illusionistic conventions and observations of the unities.
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So what was the impact of this neoclassicism on him as a young boy growing up?
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Removed from the novel spirit of the French nation, neoclassicism is allied to the "cold reason" of a foreign culture.
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Except, of course, that one hardly looks to French neoclassicism for the evocation of a universal human ideal, except in a very limited sense.
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The production of poetry ranges from neoclassicism to primitivism.
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Among Golden Age dramatists, Alarcon was the one with the greatest affinity for the decorum of French neoclassicism.
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Modern architects were right to temporarily disconnect themselves from the past and resist the "pseudo-monumentality" of neoclassicism that had managed to make even the Parthenon seem "dead."
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Elsewhere, the Romantics and colorists are associated with liberty and revolution, while academicism and Neoclassicism are linked with absolutism and repressive dictatorship.
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The building's architecture is a beautiful example of neoclassicism, featuring columns and symmetrical shapes.
Synonyms
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A style in art, literature, and buildings that uses ideas from ancient Greece and Rome and values order and simplicity
An art and literature movement that follows ancient Greek and Roman styles and rules
How Classical
Surface Forms
Morphology
neoclassicism = classicism (transparent) = neo + classic + ism
The word is formed by prefixing 'neo-' (new) to 'classicism' (the established noun for classical revival), so the meaning 'new revival of classical forms' is directly derivable.
Etymology
Neoclassicism comes from neo- meaning 'new' and classical meaning 'from the ancient Greeks and Romans', and it shares the same root as the familiar word classic. So neoclassicism means a 'new' return to old classical styles in art, music, and architecture.