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neoclassicism: see classicism classicism, a term that, when applied generally, means clearness, elegance, symmetry, and repose produced by attention to traditional forms. It is sometimes synonymous with excellence or artistic quality of high distinction. ..... Click the link for more information. . neoclassicism 1. a late 18th- and early 19th-century style in architecture, decorative art, and fine art, based on the imitation of surviving classical models and types 2. Music a movement of the 1920s, involving Hindemith, Stravinsky, etc., that sought to avoid the emotionalism of late romantic music by reviving the use of counterpoint, forms such as the classical suite, and small instrumental ensembles www.comcen.com.au/~carowley/neoclass.htm www.hypermusic.ca/hist/twentieth3.html How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Though the museum is a big--or at least long--building, forming the whole side of the square, its massing is broken up, so it seems to be much more part of the haphazard nature of Baroque Rome than Mussolini's stereotyped Neo-Classicism. At New York City Ballet, she and Peter Martins epitomized the coolest, loftiest principles of neo-classicism (think the pure whiteness of Balanchine's Chaconne). Balanchine came to America, he was impressed with the American speed and created neo-classicism for the American dancer,'' Mitchell said during a telephone interview from his office in New York City. |
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