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n. A revival of classical aesthetics and forms, especially:

n. A revival in literature in the late 17th and 18th centuries, characterized by a regard for the classical ideals of reason, form, and restraint.

n. A revival in the 18th and 19th centuries in architecture and art, especially in the decorative arts, characterized by order, symmetry, and simplicity of style.

n. A movement in music lasting roughly from 1915 to 1940 that sought to avoid subjective emotionalism and to return to the style of the pre-Romantic composers.

n. any of several movements in the arts, architecture, literature and music that revived forms from earlier centuries

n. a revival of the classical Greek and Roman style in art or literature.

n. The character of being neoclassic; revival of classic style in art or literature.

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

"The highest expression of nineteenth century neoclassicism is seen in the wonderful mural, based on Dante's Divine Comedy, by Jacobo Gálvez and Gerardo Suárez on the dome of the Degollado Theater."

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