As an aesthetic ideal, classicism is often associated with a
conventional set of rules founded on supposedly timeless notions
such as order, reason, and decorum. As a result, it is sometimes
viewed as rigid, outdated, or stodgy. But in actuality, classicism
is far from a stable concept throughout history, it has given rise
to more debate than consensus, and at times has been put to use for
subversive ends. With contributions from an interdisciplinary group
of scholars, this volume explodes the idea of classicism as an
unchanging ideal. The essays trace the shifting parameters of
classicism from antiquity to the twentieth century, documenting an
exhibition of seventy objects in various media from the collection
of the Smart Museum of Art and other American and international
institutions. With its impressive historical and conceptual reach
from ancient literature to contemporary race relations and beyond
this colorfully illustrated book is a dynamic exploration of
classicism as a fluctuating stylistic and ideological category.
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