CLASSICISM

[noun] [U] [specialized] - a style in painting, sculpture and building, based on particular standards in Greek and Roman art such as regularity, the use of simple forms, and calm expression of the emotions, which was especially popular during the 18th and 19th centuries in EuropeIngres and Delacroix were two famous exponents of Classicism.See also neoclassicism at neoclassical. Compare romanticism.