Of or relating to the ancient Greek or Latin writers whose works form a canon of acknowledged excellence; of or relating to the works themselves…

Of poetry, music, pictures, etc.: portraying rural life or characters, esp. in an idealized or romantic manner; bucolic.

= classical, adj. 1a; of or relating to Greek and Roman antiquity in general. Now rare.

More generally: of, relating to, or characteristic of the Medici family; spec. (a) designating the library at Florence (otherwise called Laurentian…

Frequently as Romantic. Designating, relating to, or characteristic of a movement or style during the… With reference to literature, art, etc.

The Italian word for German; esp. used to express Teutonic influence as shown in some spheres of Italian art.

Characterized by faithfulness of representation, esp. in reference to art, film, and literature; representing things in a way that is accurate and…

Relating to or characteristic of realists.

That pretends or is mistakenly held to be classic; falsely or spuriously classic in style.

Following or imitating classical styles, rules, or models.

= pseudo-classic, adj.

Frequently with capital initial. Of or relating to the Renaissance. In quot. 1886 as n.: the Renaissance style. Cf. Renaissance, n. compounds 1a.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of modernism or modernists (in various senses).

= post-classical, adj.

Occurring in or characteristic of a period after one regarded as classical, esp. occurring after the classical age of Greek and Roman literature…

Of the nature of or characterized by pseudo-Gothic; that pretends to be Gothic, sham Gothic.

That classicizes; esp. that affects a classical style.

That imitates or is influenced by classical models; characterized by classicism.

That is partly serious and partly grotesque.

Archaeology. Designating or relating to a period of ancient Greek culture (900–700 b.c.) characterized by the use of geometrical decoration, esp…

Of, relating to, characteristic of, or designating a style of art, architecture, music, literature, etc., that is based on or influenced by classical…

Of, relating to, or suggestive of modernism or modernists; = modernist, adj.

= neoclassical, adj.

Falsely appearing or purporting to be ancient; artificially archaic in style, language, etc.

Of wallpaper, fabrics, articles of furniture, etc.: designed or made by William Morris; resembling or in imitation of William Morris's designs. Cf…

of or relating to a type of decorated pottery produced in and around Corinth in the period 720–620 b.c.

Of a piece of furniture, a building, etc.: in a style associated with the reign of William III and Mary.

Used attributively and absol. of the art and porcelain of the Yuan period.

= veristic adj. at verist, n. derivatives.

Having the property of bringing about its own destruction or annulment; that tends to destroy or cause harm to oneself. Cf. self-destructive, adj.

Designating, relating to, or characteristic of the period before the Romantic movement.

Of or pertaining to the Roman emperor Trajan (53–117 a.d.), esp. to the style of triumphal art associated with him.

Of, relating to, or characterized by neo-realism; = neo-realist, adj.

Designating any of various new or modern social, philosophical, or artistic movements regarded as incorporating elements of Romanticism.

Of, relating to, or supporting neo-realism.

Having the characteristics of futurism; avant-garde; ultra-modern.

Subsequent to, or coming later than, that which is modern; of or relating to postmodernism; belonging to a postmodernist style, concept, or point of…

Of, relating to, or characteristic of Dada (see sense A.).

Belonging to, characteristic of, or relating to Dadaism (Dadaism, n.); designating the Dada movement. Cf. Dada, adj.

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, surrealism.

Of, pertaining to, or produced by expressionists; characterized by expressionism.

With reference to 20th-cent. art, architecture, literature, etc., in Spain and Spanish America: = modernist, adj.

= surrealist, adj.

= surrealistic adj. at surrealist, adj. n.derivatives.

Of or relating to postmodernism; belonging to the postmodern period or style.

Esp. in literature and the arts: of or characteristic of a period or style preceding the introduction of modernism.

characteristic or suggestive of surrealism.

Of or relating to the Renaissance period; (also) of or relating to Renaissancists (sense A. 2).

As a modifier, designating a building, piece of furniture, etc. in a style that predominated during the colonial period.

Designating or relating to a style of art, architecture, music, etc., based on or influenced by especially 18th cent. baroque.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of social realism or social realists.

= social realist, adj.

Chiefly in attributive use. Art. Designating a style of British painting of the mid 20th cent. in which scenes from the domestic life of the…

As a modifier. Designating the style of furniture, tableware, etc., associated with the reign of William IV.

Characterized by formalism.

= Zhdanovist adj.

Characteristic of, designating, or relating to the neo-Dada movement.

Of or relating to neo-modernism or neo-modernists.

resembling, or in the style of, William Morris.

Of, relating to, or characterized by neo-Dadaism.

of, pertaining to, or resembling Zhdanov or Zhdanovism.

Designating art forms, types of artist, etc., influenced or characterized by the theories of conceptual art or conceptualism (conceptualism, n. 2).

Art. Of, relating to, or characteristic of conceptualism or conceptualists.

Postmodern; (also) postmodernist.

Designating or relating to art, music, etc., which is expressive of failure, inadequacy, or alienation. Esp. in pathetic art, pathetic rock.