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Definition of Neoclassicism

1. Noun. Revival of a classical style (in art or literature or architecture or music) but from a new perspective or with a new motivation.

Definition of Neoclassicism

1. Noun. any of several movements in the arts, architecture, literature and music that revived forms from earlier centuries ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Neoclassicism

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Neoclassicism

Literary usage of Neoclassicism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of European and American Sculpture from the Early Christian Period by Chandler Rathfon Post (1921)
"THE REBELS AGAINST neoclassicism Even in the days of greatest desolation, ... The first of these malcontents of neoclassicism is traditionally LORENZO ..."

2. The Architecture and Planning of Classical Moscow: A Cultural History by Albert J. Schmidt (1989)
"If Renaissance classicism had accentuated beauty, neoclassicism ca. strove ... neoclassicism, like the baroque, often became synonymous with town planning ..."

3. The Architecture and Planning of Classical Moscow: A Cultural History by Albert J. Schmidt (1989)
"If Renaissance classicism had accentuated beauty, neoclassicism ca. strove ... neoclassicism, like the baroque, often became synonymous with town planning ..."

4. The Nature of Landscape: A Personal Quest by Han Lorzing (2001)
"In the 1930s during the reign of Josef Stalin, after the communist regime broke with its functionalist followers, unabated neoclassicism became the official ..."

5. The Development of John Dryden's Literary Criticism by William Edward Bohn (1907)
"His use of the classicist doctrines merely resulted in a sort of pseudo-neoclassicism. So when I say that this critical period was one of conformity I mean ..."

6. Poland by Tomasz Torbus (2001)
"From neoclassicism to the Period between the Wars Polish neoclassicism is closely linked with the last Polish king. Stanislaw August Poniatowski. ..."

7. Made in America: Printmaking, 1760-1860 edited by Stephanie A. Munsing (1973)
"Although ostensibly full of action, the composition and rendering is in the static tradition of neoclassicism. The French artists worked in ..."

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