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neoclassicism

[ nee-oh-klas-uh-siz-uhm ]

noun

  1. Often 狈别路辞路肠濒补蝉路蝉颈路肠颈蝉尘. 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 fa莽ades, and the absence of textural effects.
  2. Sometimes 狈别路辞路肠濒补蝉路蝉颈路肠颈蝉尘. stylistic principles that attempt to revive classical Greek or Roman aesthetics or philosophy in art, literature, etc.
  3. Sometimes 狈别路辞路肠濒补蝉路蝉颈路肠颈蝉尘. 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

/ 藢苍颈藧蓹蕣藞办濒忙蝉瑟藢蝉瑟锄蓹尘 /

noun

  1. 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
  2. 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
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藢苍别辞藞肠濒补蝉蝉颈肠颈蝉迟, noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of neoclassicism1

First recorded in 1890鈥95; neo- + classicism
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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.

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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.

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Sall茅e鈥檚 model鈥檚 pose, with her arms up, removing the pins from her hairpiece, is more reminiscent of Degas鈥檚 unselfconscious bathers than of Ingres鈥檚 chilly neoclassicism.

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One little-reported story is that the Trump administration has mandated neoclassicism as the official architectural style for federal buildings.

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The draft order, dispiritingly titled Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again, argues that neoclassicism symbolises the founding fathers鈥 鈥渟elf-governing ideals鈥, whereas contemporary styles such as brutalism and deconstructivism are incapable of embodying America鈥檚 鈥渘ational values鈥.

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