Classicism

Clas´si`cism

A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism.

Noun

classicism - a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms; "classicism often derived its models from the ancient Greeks and Romans"

Antonyms:

romanticism - a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization; "romanticism valued imagination and emotion over rationality"

artistic style, arts, humanistic discipline, humanities, idiom, liberal arts, romanticism