neoclassicist
121Canova, Antonio — (1757–1822) Born in the province of Treviso, in the foothills of the Alps, Antonio Canova is the greatest genius of the neoclassicist movement in sculpture. He hailed from a family of stone masons. The patronage of a wealthy local family… …
122TASSO, Torquato — (1544 1595) Torquato Tasso was the most accomplished man of letters in Italy during the late Renaissance. He composed the purest example of Renaissance pastoral drama, Aminta (1573), and the most influential narrative poem of his era, Gerusalemme …
Renaissance and Reformation 1500-1620: A Biographical Dictionary
123νεοκλασικιστής — ο, θηλ. ίστρια καλλιτέχνης, συγγραφέας, ποιητής ή αρχιτέκτονας που ακολουθεί τις αρχές τού νεοκλασικισμού. [ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Αντιδάνεια λ., πρβλ. αγγλ. neoclassicist (< νε[ο] + κλασικιστής)] …
124David, Jacques Louis — (1748–1825) One of the greatest of the French neoclassicist painters. Among his most famous works, the Oath of the Horatii, completed in 1784, idealized the classical virtues of stoicism and masculine patriotism and established a severe yet… …
125neoclassicism — noun the revival of a classical style or treatment in art, literature, architecture, or music. Derivatives neoclassic adjective neoclassical adjective neoclassicist noun & adjective …
126Ingres — /ˈæ̃grə/ (say angruh) noun Jean Auguste Dominique /ʒɒ̃ oʊˌgyst dɒmiˈnik/ (say zhon oh.goohst domee neek), 1780–1867, French neoclassicist painter; influenced by Byzantine art …
127neoclassical — (also neoclassic) ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relating to the revival of a classical style in the arts. DERIVATIVES neoclassicism noun neoclassicist noun & adjective …
128neoclassicism — neoclassical (also neoclassic) ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relating to the revival of a classical style in the arts. DERIVATIVES neoclassicism noun neoclassicist noun & adjective …
