Neo-Classicism


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Neo-Classicism

a European movement of the late 18th century differing from earlier classical revivals in that it deliberately and consciously imitated antique models such as those found between 1738-56 in Herculaneum, Paestum, and Pompeii. — Neo-Classicist, n. — Neo-Classic, Neo-Classical, adj.
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neo-classicism

(c 1750–1850) A movement that developed in revolutionary France, expressing the qualities of harmony, order and clarity associated with Greek and Roman art. Classical subjects were used as allegories for the present political situation. The antithesis of romanticism, it espoused accepted notions of beauty and tended to reject individual inspiration.
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