Noun: classicalism
- A movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favoured rationality and restraint and strict forms
"classicalism often derived its models from the ancient Greeks and Romans";
- classicism
Derived forms: classicalisms
Type of: artistic style, arts, humanistic discipline, humanities, idiom, liberal arts
Antonym: Romantic Movement
Encyclopedia: Classicalism