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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> | ||
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| + | 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> | ||
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Revision as of 00:26, April 18, 2020
Classicism, a movement in art, based on antique and 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.[1]
Classicism is also an association to certain beliefs spanning St. Thomas Aquinas to Thomas Jefferson.[2]
President Trump signed an executive order with regard to making buildings in D.C. look like their classical origins.[3][4]
Nicolas Poussin, The Martyrdom of St. Erasmus.
