"Neoclassicism (also spelled Neo-classicism) was a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity."
This topic discusses modern applications of classicism in literature, art, and architecture.
The Origins of Classicism: A study of the origins of the classical tradition, and its influences on literature and culture.
The Classical Literary Canon: An overview of the most important classical texts in Western literature, and their continued influence on modern literature.
Classicism in the Renaissance: An exploration of how the revival of classical learning during the Renaissance inspired a new interest in classical literary forms and conventions.
Classicism and the Enlightenment: A study of how Enlightenment thinkers embraced classical ideals of reason, order, and balance in their writing.
The Neo-Classical Movement: A look at the 18th-century literary movement that sought to revive classical literary forms and conventions.
Classicism in Romanticism: A study of how Romantic writers often sought to subvert or challenge classical conventions, even as they drew on classical forms and themes in their work.
Classicism in Modernism: An exploration of how modernist writers responded to and challenged classical conventions, and how classicism continues to influence modern literature.
The Influence of Classicism on Contemporary Literature: A survey of how contemporary writers draw on classical themes, forms, and conventions in their work.
The Reception of Classicism in Different Cultures: A study of how different cultures have engaged with classical literature and its legacy, and how this has shaped the reception of classicism in literature today.
Neoclassicism: A movement in literature and art that revived classical forms and styles in the 18th century.
Classic Hollywood Cinema: A style of filmmaking that dominated Hollywood from the 1920s to the 1960s, characterized by a focus on narrative, form, and style.
Classicism in Music: A music style in the Western classical tradition that was popular from the Baroque to the early 20th century, characterized by clarity, balance, and restraint.
Classical Architecture: A style of architecture that draws on the principles of classical Greek and Roman architecture.
Classicism in Philosophy: A philosophical approach that emphasizes reason, order, and rationality, and draws on the works of ancient Greek and Roman philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle.
Classical Literature: The literature of ancient Greece and Rome, and works that imitate the style and themes of classical literature.
Classicism in Art: An artistic style that emphasizes harmony, symmetry, and restraint, and draws on the styles and themes of classical Greek and Roman art.
Classicism in Theater: A theatrical tradition that draws on the forms and themes of classical Greek and Roman drama.
Classicism in Fashion: A fashion style that is inspired by classical designs and patterns.
Classicism in Education: An educational philosophy that emphasizes the study of the classics and their relevance to contemporary society.
"Neoclassicism was born in Rome largely thanks to the writings of Johann Joachim Winckelmann, at the time of the rediscovery of Pompeii and Herculaneum."
"its popularity spread across Europe as a generation of European art students finished their Grand Tour and returned from Italy to their home countries with newly rediscovered Greco-Roman ideals."
"The main Neoclassical movement coincided with the 18th-century Age of Enlightenment and continued into the early 19th century."
"laterally competing with Romanticism."
"the style continued throughout the 19th, 20th, and up to the 21st century."
"European Neoclassicism in the visual arts began c. 1760 in opposition to the then-dominant Rococo style."
"Neoclassical architecture is based on the principles of simplicity and symmetry, which were seen as virtues of the arts of Rome and Ancient Greece."
"Each 'neo'-classicism selects some models among the range of possible classics that are available to it, and ignores others."
"the sculpture examples they actually embraced were more likely to be Roman copies of Hellenistic sculptures."
"They ignored both Archaic Greek art and the works of Late Antiquity."
"Neoclassicists' appreciation of Greek architecture was mediated through drawings and engravings, which subtly smoothed and regularized, 'corrected' and 'restored' the monuments of Greece, not always consciously."
"The Empire style, a second phase of Neoclassicism in architecture and the decorative arts, had its cultural center in Paris in the Napoleonic era."
"Neoclassicism remained a force long after the early 19th century, with periodic waves of revivalism into the 20th and even the 21st centuries."
"especially in the United States and Russia."
"Rococo architecture emphasizes grace, ornamentation, and asymmetry."
"the principles of simplicity and symmetry, which were seen as virtues of the arts of Rome and Ancient Greece."
"newly rediscovered Greco-Roman ideals."
"drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity."
"as a generation of European art students finished their Grand Tour and returned from Italy to their home countries with newly rediscovered Greco-Roman ideals."