classicalism

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

classicalism
    n 1: a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th
         centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint
         and strict forms; "classicism often derived its models from
         the ancient Greeks and Romans" [syn: {classicism},
         {classicalism}] [ant: {Romantic Movement}, {Romanticism}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Classicalism \Clas"sic*al*ism\, n.
   1. A classical idiom, style, or expression; a classicism.
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   2. Adherence to what are supposed or assumed to be the
      classical canons of art.
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