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neoclassicism
[ nee-oh-klas-uh-siz-uhm ]
noun
- Often ····. Architecture. the trend or movement prevailing in the architecture of Europe, America, and various European colonies at different periods during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, characterized by the introduction and widespread use of Greek orders and decorative motifs, the subordination of detail to simple, strongly geometric overall compositions, the presence of light colors or shades, frequent shallowness of relief in ornamental treatment of façades, and the absence of textural effects.
- Sometimes ····. stylistic principles that attempt to revive classical Greek or Roman aesthetics or philosophy in art, literature, etc.
- Sometimes ····. any of various movements of the late 1600s to the mid 1800s in architecture, the arts, literature, etc. that attempted to revive classical Greek or Roman aesthetics or philosophy.
neoclassicism
/ ˌԾːəʊˈæɪˌɪə /
noun
- a late 18th- and early 19th-century style in architecture, decorative art, and fine art, based on the imitation of surviving classical models and types
- music a movement of the 1920s, involving Hindemith, Stravinsky, etc, that sought to avoid the emotionalism of late romantic music by reviving the use of counterpoint, forms such as the classical suite, and small instrumental ensembles
Derived Forms
- ˌԱˈ, noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of neoclassicism1
Example Sentences
Nunes is a self-taught D.C. painter whose style draws on European neoclassicism as well as pop realism, and whose topics are mostly derived from his formative years in Brazil.
Throughout the roaring decade, she became known for her impeccable techniques and her mixing of influences: cubism and neoclassicism, stillness and speed, past and future.
Sallée’s model’s pose, with her arms up, removing the pins from her hairpiece, is more reminiscent of Degas’s unselfconscious bathers than of Ingres’s chilly neoclassicism.
One little-reported story is that the Trump administration has mandated neoclassicism as the official architectural style for federal buildings.
The draft order, dispiritingly titled Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again, argues that neoclassicism symbolises the founding fathers’ “self-governing ideals”, whereas contemporary styles such as brutalism and deconstructivism are incapable of embodying America’s “national values”.
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