neoclassicism
nounA revival of classical aesthetics and forms, especially.
nounA revival in literature in the late 1600s and 1700s, characterized by a regard for the classical ideals of reason, form, and restraint.
nounA revival in the 1700s and 1800s in architecture and art, especially in the decorative arts, characterized by order, symmetry, and simplicity of style.
nounA movement in music lasting roughly from 1915 to 1940 that sought to avoid subjective emotionalism and to return to the style of the pre-Romantic composers.
nounAny of various intellectual movements that embrace a set of traditional principles regarded as fundamental or authoritative.
nounThe character of being neoclassic; revival of classic style in art or literature.
nouna revival of the classical Greek and Roman style in art or literature.
nounany of several
revival of a classical style (in art or literature or architecture or music) but from a new perspective or with a new motivation
