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What does classicism mean?

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Noun
  1. (uncountable) All the classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome, especially the aspects of simplicity, elegance and proportion.
  2. (uncountable) Classical scholarship.
  3. (countable) A Latin or Ancient Greek expression used in an English sentence.
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By 1900, larger country houses had reverted to full-blooded classicism, presaging an imperial pomp which few Edwardian architects could resist.
Visual art, including bodybuilding, can be divided into classicism and modernism.
His classicism is evident not only in his frequent quotations from classical literature, but often in his style.
Cultural repression facilitated by decorum lies at the root of the humanistic classicism informing the Renaissance sketchbooks.
Before classicism can again occupy a central place in our lives, a monstrous libel must first be undone.
Much of contemporary architectural thinking is grounded in a polemic against modernism and even classicism.

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