CLASSICISM


Meaning of CLASSICISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkla-sə-ˌsi-zəm ]

noun

Date: 1830

1.

a. : the principles or style embodied in the literature, art, or architecture of ancient Greece and Rome

b. : classical scholarship

c. : a classical idiom or expression

2. : adherence to traditional standards (as of simplicity, restraint, and proportion) that are universally and enduringly valid

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