Ossianic
- adjective
- /ˌɑːsiˈænɪk/
- Archaic
- The artist's style is often described as Ossianic, characterized by its emotional depth and lyrical beauty.
Examples
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Ossian was extremely popular among contemporary German composers, and both Spohr and Mendelssohn had composed Ossianic or related works.
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In fact, recent scholarship has shown that some Ossianic paintings do not even reflect the artists' true literary tastes.
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Abildgaard's most famous Ossianic work is Ossian Singing (fig. 5).
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Yet in all these works, Ewald avoids the use of Ossianic characters and plots and uses instead Nordic mythology as his primary narrative source.
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But Stub's single Ossianic painting, Ossian and Alpin's Son (fig. 7), is unique in the history of Ossianic art.
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His drawings show a clear allegiance to Koch's Ossianic illustrations, and Stub borrowed directly from Koch's work on occasion.
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Comala has never been translated into Danish and, despite its Ossianic topic and musical links to Efterklange af Ossian, has never been embraced as a symbol of Danish nationalism.
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The film's score has an Ossianic quality, evoking a sense of nostalgia and grandeur.
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Many poems written during the Romantic era exhibit Ossianic themes, focusing on nature and the sublime.
Synonyms
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6.5
Showing beauty, imagination, and strong feeling
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9.9
About the ancient Greek poet Homer, his poems, or his writing style
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Related to the Roman poet Virgil and his poems
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ossianic comes from the name Ossian, a poet made famous in the 1700s who drew on old Irish stories and whose Gaelic name Oisín means 'little deer'. So Ossianic describes a style or mood that feels wild, ancient, and full of longing, like those poems.