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neoclassicism
revival of a classical style (in art or literature or architecture or music) but from a new perspective or with a new motivation
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classicalism, classicism
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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Romantic Movement, Romanticism
a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization
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English
the discipline that studies the English language and literature
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history
the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings
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art history
the academic discipline that studies the development of painting and sculpture
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chronology
the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events
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beaux arts, fine arts
the study and creation of visual works of art
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performing arts
arts or skills that require public performance
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Occidentalism
the scholarly knowledge of western cultures and languages and people
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Oriental Studies, Orientalism
the scholarly knowledge of Asian cultures and languages and people
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philosophy
the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
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literary study
the humanistic study of literature
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library science
the study of the principles and practices of library administration
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linguistics, philology
the humanistic study of language and literature
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musicology
the scholarly and scientific study of music
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Sinology
the study of Chinese history and language and culture
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stemmatics, stemmatology
the humanistic discipline that attempts to reconstruct the transmission of a text (especially a text in manuscript form) on the basis of relations between the various surviving manuscripts (sometimes using cladistic analysis)
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trivium
(Middle Ages) an introductory curriculum at a medieval university involving grammar and logic and rhetoric; considered to be a triple way to eloquence
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quadrivium
(Middle Ages) a higher division of the curriculum in a medieval university involving arithmetic and music and geometry and astronomy
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musical performance
the act of performing music
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dance, dancing, saltation, terpsichore
taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
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acting, performing, playacting, playing
the performance of a part or role in a drama
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painting
creating a picture with paints
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carving, sculpture
creating figures or designs in three dimensions
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architecture
the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings
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iconology
the branch of art history that studies visual images and their symbolic meaning (especially in social or political terms)
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glottochronology
the determination of how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language
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ethics, moral philosophy
the philosophical study of moral values and rules
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aetiology, etiology
the philosophical study of causation
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aesthetics, esthetics
(art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art)
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axiology
the study of values and value judgments
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jurisprudence, law, legal philosophy
the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
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metaphysics
the philosophical study of being and knowing
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dialectic
any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments
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logic
the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference
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epistemology
the philosophical theory of knowledge
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lit, literature
the humanistic study of a body of literature
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comparative literature
study of literary works from different cultures (often in translation)
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lit crit, literary criticism
the informed analysis and evaluation of literature
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poetics
study of poetic works
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classics
study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome
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rhetoric
study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking)
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dialectology
the branch of philology that is devoted to the study of dialects
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lexicology
the branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language
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transcendental philosophy, transcendentalism
any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material