neoclassicist
neoclassicist — noun
1. a person who supports or follows the neoclassical movement in art, architecture,
a person who supports or follows the neoclassical movement in art, architecture, literature, or music — a style that looks back to ancient Greek and Roman forms for order, balance, and simplicity
Folake, a neoclassicist architect, uses tall columns and simple shapes in her buildings.
countable noun: a neoclassicist / the neoclassicists
Sayaka's art teachers were strict neoclassicists who demanded perfect proportion in every drawing.
collocation: strict neoclassicists / committed neoclassicist
18th-century critics called themselves neoclassicists because they valued order over Baroque decoration.
The exhibition brought together neoclassicists who admired the balance of ancient Greek sculpture.
- classicist
broader term; may refer to a scholar of ancient Greek and Roman culture rather than an artistic follower of neoclassicism specifically
- traditionalist
much broader; refers to anyone who prefers established forms, not limited to Greco-Roman revival
- modernist
someone who rejects historical styles and advocates new forms of expression
- romanticist
an artist who valued emotion, imagination, and individual expression over classical order
用法筆記
Often used in historical or academic contexts to describe artists, writers, and architects active in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The corresponding artistic movement is 'neoclassicism'; the adjective form is 'neoclassical'.