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noun - a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms
Aesthetic attitudes and principles manifested in the art, architecture, and literature of ancient Greece and Rome and characterized by emphasis on form, simplicity, proportion, and restraint.
Adherence to the aesthetic values embodied in ancient Greek and Roman art and literature.
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| Timeless style is first model for this artistic movement |
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| Jun 10 2018 The Guardian - Quiptic crossword |
| Nov 24 2006 The Times - Specialist |
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| the following of ancient Greek or Roman principles and style in art and literature, generally associated with harmony, restraint, and adherence to recognized standards of form and craftsmanship, especially from the Renaissance to the 18th century. |
| a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms |
| a style in painting, sculpture, and building, based on particular standards in Greek and Roman art: |
| The following of ancient Greek or Roman principles and style in art and literature, generally associated with harmony, restraint, and adherence to recognized standards of form and craftsmanship, especially from the Renaissance to the 18th century. |
| Aesthetic attitudes and principles manifested in the art, architecture, and literature of ancient Greece and Rome and characterized by emphasis on form, simplicity, proportion, and restraint. |
| Adherence to the aesthetic values embodied in ancient Greek and Roman art and literature. |
| Classical scholarship. |
| A Greek or Latin expression or idiom. |
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Classicism, in the arts, refers generally to a high regard for a classical period, classical antiquity in the Western tradition, as setting standards for taste which the classicists seek to emulate. The art of classicism typically seeks to be formal and restrained: of the Discobolus Sir Kenneth Clark observed, "if we object to his restraint and compression we are simply objecting to the classicism of classic art. A violent emphasis or a sudden acceleration of rhythmic movement would have destroyed those qualities of balance and completeness through which it retained until the present century its position of authority in the restricted repertoire of visual images." Classicism, as Clark noted, implies a canon of widely accepted ideal forms, whether in the Western canon that he was examining in The Nude (1956), or the literary Chinese classics or Chinese art, where the revival of classic styles is also a recurring feature. * Classicism is a force which is often present in post-medieval Euro |