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Definition of Classicizing
1. classicize [v] - See also: classicize
Literary usage of Classicizing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"1956 - - - the biological preconditions of human speech — Philip Morrison,
ScientificAmerican, February 1978 - . - the classicizing sculptures . . . which ..."
2. The Maecenas and the Madrigalist: Patrons, Patronage, and the Origins of the by Anthony M. Cummings (2004)
"The classicizing element of the program was likely to have been of particular
interest to such members as the classical scholar and translator Luigi di ..."
3. Sculpture: The Reliefs from the Theater by Mary C. Sturgeon (1977)
"In the Temple E sculpture, however, the heads are more truly classicizing, features
are sharper and the hair is more finely carved. ..."
4. Corinth: The Centenary, 1896-1996 by Charles K. Williams, Nancy Bookidis (2003)
"Retrospective styles, Archaistic and classicizing, are well represented and ...
2 classicizing styles include large freestanding ..."
5. The Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore: Terracotta Figurines of the Classical by Gloria S. Merker (2000)
"See also deities: chthonic classicizing: coiffure 160, 250; costume 251; ...
Boeotian 40; bridal 133, 330; classicizing 160, 250; of De- meter 140, 167; ..."
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