This term is given to a style of art that derived from the Greek and Roman artists. Classicism if often considered the antithesis of Romanticism. See Movements; Classicism and Romanticism
Of or related to the principles, ideals, or style of the art, literature, or architecture of the ancient Greek and Roman world. Especially indicative of the virtues thought to be characteristic of classical art.
A form of art derived from the study of Greek and Roman styles characterized by harmony, balance, and serenity.
Inexact terms usually denoting the general aesthetic ideals (including: balance, symmetry, clarity, reverence for ancient cultures, etc.) of Baroque or Classical composers, and/or the efforts by a recent composer to integrate such aesthetics (as opposed to those of the Romantic Period) into hi/r style of composition.
A term derived from "classical" to express the seventeenth century concept of the Graeco-Roman model of perfection. The use of classicism stretches from the Renaissance to the Romanticism period. Classicism contained a search for order, proportion and symmetry with a tendency toward objectivity.
a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms; "classicism often derived its models from the ancient Greeks and Romans"
Referring to the principles of Greek and Roman art of antiquity with the emphasis on harmony, proportion, balance, and simplicity. In a general sense, it refers to art based on accepted standards of beauty.
imitating, referencing, or having the general characteristics of the art and culture of ancient Rome or Greece. Classical characteristics include idealized beauty, restraint, harmony, and balance.
typically referring to what are considered characteristics of classical art that include simplicity, harmony, proportional representation and emotional restraint.
The principles and ideals of beauty that are characteristic of Greek and Roman art, architecture, and literature. Examples of classicism in poetry can be found in the works of John Dryden and Alexander Pope, which are characterized by their formality, simplicity, and emotional restraint.
To attempt to adhere to the Classic rules of design and construction developed first by the Greeks and later by the Romans.
Style developed above all in France in the 17th and 18th centuries, morphologically faithful to the intellectual purity of the Renaissance. According to Wolfflin, the baroque is pictorial ("painterly") and develops in depth, while the classical is linear and plastic, static and closed.
The principles of style characteristic of the culture, art and literature of ancient Greece and Rome.
Adhering to the STYLES of Greek and Roman antiquity.
A tradition of Greek and Roman antiquity, distinguished by the qualities of simplicity, harmony, and balance.