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Classicalism   Listen
noun
Classicalism  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.





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"Classicalism" Quotes from Famous Books



... merely wasted wealth or distempered conception which we have to regret in this Renaissance architecture: but we shall find in it partly the root, partly the expression of certain dominant evils of modern times—over-sophistication and ignorant classicalism; the one destroying the healthfulness of general society, the other rendering our schools and universities useless to a large number of the ...
— The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 • Various


Words linked to "Classicalism" :   classicism, romanticism, artistic style, humanistic discipline, arts, humanities, idiom, liberal arts


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