classicism
Example Sentences
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“Dreamworld” opens, in the section “Waking Dream,” with harbingers of Surrealism—fusing classicism and modernism, reality and fantasy—by Giorgio de Chirico, whom Apollinaire described as a painter of things beyond the observable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025
"It was not elaborate like Victorian Gothic design that preceded it, and came with a classicism and simplicity that has survived the test of time," he said.
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025
Quality choreography that celebrates classicism, that highlights musicality — that even pushes the form into new realms — isn’t the norm.
From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2024
Babitz saw the popular Mexican dance as “enraged anarchy posed in mythical classicism as a dance.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2023
Everett was showily classical, but Lincoln’s classicism purrs powerfully under the hood.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
