clasicismo

Definitions of clasicismo
  1. noun
    a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms
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    antonyms:
    romanticismo
    a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization
    type of:
    artes, artes liberales, humanidades
    studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
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