neoclassicism

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Meaning

revival of a classical style (in art or literature or architecture or music) but from a new perspective or with a new motivation

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After composing music for the Diaghilev -produced ballets Petrushka (1911) and The Rite of Spring (1913), Stravinsky turned to neoclassicism, a development culminating in his opera-oratorio Oedipus Rex (1927). Source: Internet

An occasional tendency to neoclassicism, influenced by his study of French baroque music, is in contrast with the colourful orchestral music more widely identified with him. Source: Internet

Although Romanticism and Neoclassicism were philosophically opposed, they were the dominant European styles for generations, and many artists were affected to a greater or lesser degree by both. Source: Internet

Neoclassicism never had as much traction in England, and Shakespeare 's plays are dirctly opposed to these models, while in Italy, improvised and bawdy commedia dell'arte and opera were more popular forms. Source: Internet

Neoclassicism, the international style of this epoch, was the architectural style through which Bavarian, French and Greek architects such as Hansen, Klenze, Boulanger or Kaftantzoglou designed the first important public buildings of the new capital. Source: Internet

Catherine's grandson Nicholas I took Neoclassicism even farther during his reign from 1825 to 1855. Source: Internet

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