Chiefly as Romanticism. The Romantic movement or style in art, literature, or music (see romantic, adj. 7); the distinctive qualities or spirit…

= romanticism, n. Also (occasionally): the writing of romances.

A style or method characterized by close adherence to, and representation of, nature or reality. In literature, theatre, cinema, etc.

Esp. in reference to art, film, and literature: close resemblance to what is real; fidelity of representation, rendering the precise details of the…

Esp. in literature or the media: the use of sensational material or language, or a sensationalistic style, in order to provoke public interest or…

The use of symbols in literature or art; spec. the principles or practice of the Symbolists (see symbolist, n. 2c).

The principles of classical literature, art, architecture, etc.; adherence to classical ideals, styles, etc. Cf. classical, adj. 7.

Erotic spirit or character; also, the use of erotic or sexually arousing imagery in literature or art.

The literary presentation of some scene or emotion in its salient features, done in a few strokes.

The style or school of the Dutch sensitivists (see sensitivist, n. 2), characterized by a blend of impressionistic and realistic literary techniques.

The literary or artistic style practised or advocated by the verists.

Neoclassical style or principles in the arts, or adherence to these; spec. (a) Art and Architecture, an 18th cent. style characterized by a…

= verism, n.

The realistic depiction of contemporary (esp. working-class) life as a means of social or political comment; spec. (the name of) a U.S. artistic…

A new form or a revival of realism (in various senses); spec. a naturalistic movement in Italian literature and cinema that emerged in the 1940s.

An art-movement, originating in Italy, characterized by violent departure from traditional forms, the avowed aim being to express movement and…

the movement instituted by the Félibres; the principles underlying that movement.

The state, condition, or period subsequent to that which is modern; spec. in architecture, the arts, literature, politics, etc., any of various…

A British art-movement of the early twentieth century, characterized by abstractionism and machine-like forms. Also applied to similar tendencies in…

An early 20th-cent. movement in art, literature, music, and film, active most notably in Europe and the United States, repudiating and mocking…

An early 20th-cent. movement in art, literature, music, and film, repudiating and mocking artistic and social conventions and emphasizing the…

Russian Literature. A movement among Russian men of letters soon after the Revolution of 1917 which favoured the peasant values of Asiatic Russia…

the Russian Formalist school of literary criticism; = formalism, n. 5a.

A movement in art and literature seeking to express the subconscious mind by any of a number of different techniques, including the irrational…

A movement (in music, literature, and the fine arts) which developed in Germany during the 1920s and was characterized by realism and a deliberate…

The theories and practices of the populist movement in French literature. Cf. populist, n. 3.

Objectivism, realism; spec. in the fine arts = Neue Sachlichkeit, n.

A literary style which attempts a gritty and unidealized depiction of contemporary life; (in later use) spec. a genre of (chiefly U.S.) fiction…

Literature With capital initial. A Spanish and Spanish-American expressionist movement founded in 1918 and characterized by the rejection of…

Particular concern with things, esp. with material objects; an instance of this. Sometimes spec. with reference to French literature (see quot. 1966).

(a) The theory held by a Russian literary group in existence between 1916 and 1930 that technique and form are both the means to and the goal of…

The use or advocacy of literary or artistic forms in which the parts are organically connected or coordinated in the whole.

A movement in French art and literature characterized by a repudiation of meaning and the use of letters (sometimes invented) as isolated units.

With the. A movement in French filmmaking from the late 1950s to early 1960s, characterized by an emphasis on individual directorial style…

The theory or style of art, literature, architecture, and music officially sanctioned by the state in some communist countries (esp. in the…

A literary movement characterized by its pessimistic vision, associated with the Żagary group of poets in Poland in the 1930s.

In extended use (esp. in Music): a method or style of creating a representation of something (in various media) from a collection of fragments…

Postmodernism.