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'''Classicism''', a movement in [[art]], based on antique and [[The Renaissance|Renaissance]] heritage. It lasted roughly from 1600 until 1800. As a movement classicism looked back to [[the arts]] of the classic period ([[pagan]] [[Greece]] and [[Rome]]) and sought inspiration there.<ref>[http://wwar.com/masters/movements/classicism.html Art History Database]</ref>
'''Classicism''', a movement in [[art]], based on antique and [[The Renaissance|Renaissance]] heritage, and is often times associated specifically with architecture. It lasted roughly from 1600 until 1800. As a movement classicism looked back to [[the arts]] of the classic period ([[pagan]] [[Greece]] and [[Rome]]) and sought inspiration there.<ref>[http://wwar.com/masters/movements/classicism.html Art History Database]</ref>
Classicism is also an association to certain beliefs spanning St. Thomas Aquinas to Thomas Jefferson.<ref>[https://fee.org/articles/the-declaration-of-independence-its-greek-to-me/ The Declaration of Independence: It's Greek to Me]</ref>
President Trump signed an executive order with regard to making buildings in D.C. look like their classical origins.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/04/trump-federal-buildings-beautiful-classical-order Trump wants to 'Make Federal Buildings Beautiful Again' with neoclassical order]</ref><ref>[https://thefederalist.com/2020/02/10/why-classical-architecture-better-serves-the-public-good-than-modernist-atrocities/ Why Classical Architecture Better Serves The Public Good Than Modernist Atrocities]</ref>
[[Image:Poussin The Martyrdom of St. Erasmus..jpg]]
[[Image:Poussin The Martyrdom of St. Erasmus..jpg]]
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