Neoclassicism

Under the artistic direction of Peter Oundjian, CMF will explore Beethoven’s journey to romanticism, modernism, Neoclassicism and, finally, minimalism.

Gropius was attuned to the spirit of neoclassicism then prevalent in Eisenhower’s America.

Although Romanticism and Neoclassicism were philosophically opposed, they were the dominant European styles for generations, and many artists were affected to a greater or lesser degree by both.

An occasional tendency to neoclassicism, influenced by his study of French baroque music, is in contrast with the colourful orchestral music more widely identified with him.

He writes, "Sometimes regarded as too academic ( William Carlos Williams 's view), Eliot was also frequently criticized for a deadening neoclassicism (as he himself—perhaps just as unfairly—had criticized Milton ).

Neoclassicism never had as much traction in England, and Shakespeare 's plays are dirctly opposed to these models, while in Italy, improvised and bawdy commedia dell'arte and opera were more popular forms.

Neoclassicism, the international style of this epoch, was the architectural style through which Bavarian, French and Greek architects such as Hansen, Klenze, Boulanger or Kaftantzoglou designed the first important public buildings of the new capital.

The 20th century saw many experiments with modern styles, such as atonality and serialism ( Schoenberg and Berg ), Neoclassicism ( Stravinsky ), and Minimalism ( Philip Glass and John Adams ).