classicism

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But even a mega-firm that typically builds in a futuristic style can form a partnership with a design architect who’s an expert in classicism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

Later in Lucerne, he took master classes with Edwin Fischer, the musician credited by Brendel with having the most enduring influence on him, and teaching him to play passionately within the bounds of classicism.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2025

“The Great Lillian Hall” is not afraid to embrace its classicism; had it been made in the 1940s, it would have starred Bette Davis.

From New York Times • May 30, 2024

Babitz saw the popular Mexican dance as “enraged anarchy posed in mythical classicism as a dance.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2023

More nuanced and more revealing is Wills’s other remark—that “Everett’s classicism was as much the forerunner of Lincoln’s talk as its foil or contrast.”

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith