klassisismen
klassisismen, known in English as neoclassicism, is a Western artistic and architectural movement that drew inspiration from ancient Greece and Rome. It emerged in the mid-18th century and flourished into the early 19th century, spreading from France and Italy to much of Europe and the Americas. It developed as part of the Enlightenment project, emphasizing reason, order, restraint, and moral seriousness, and it arose as a reaction against Baroque and Rococo excess.
In architecture, sculpture, painting, literature, and music, klassismen valued simple geometry, restrained ornament, symmetry, and the
Prominent practitioners include the painter Jacques-Louis David and the sculptor Antonio Canova; architects such as Étienne-Louis
Legacy: Neoclassicism shaped public buildings, museums, and urban planning, and it defined a standard of beauty