PREFERRED TERM
Neoclassicism
DEFINITION
- A style which evolved in European art of the later 18th and early 19th centuries, characterized by a rejection of baroque and rococo ornamentation in favour of classical simplicity and regularity of form.
BROADER CONCEPT
- http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300021424 (Silk Heritage Thesaurus)
NARROWER CONCEPTS
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- Clarke, Michael. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms (2nd ed). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. (online); Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]
BELONGS TO GROUP
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Néoclassicisme
French
Stile neoclassico
Italian
Estilo neoclásico
Spanish
neoclasicismo
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/674
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