<P> Neoclassicism ( from Greek νέος nèos , `` new '' and Latin classicus , `` of the highest rank '' ) is the name given to Western movements in the decorative and visual arts , literature , theatre , music , and architecture that draw inspiration from the `` classical '' art and culture of classical antiquity . Neoclassicism was born in Rome in the mid-18th century , at the time of the rediscovery of Pompeii and Herculaneum , but its popularity spread all over Europe as a generation of European art students finished their Grand Tour and returned from Italy to their home countries with newly rediscovered Greco - Roman ideals . The main Neoclassical movement coincided with the 18th - century Age of Enlightenment , and continued into the early 19th century , laterally competing with Romanticism . In architecture , the style continued throughout the 19th , 20th and up to the 21st century . </P>
<P> Neoclassicism ( from Greek νέος nèos , `` new '' and Latin classicus , `` of the highest rank '' ) is the name given to Western movements in the decorative and visual arts , literature , theatre , music , and architecture that draw inspiration from the `` classical '' art and culture of classical antiquity . Neoclassicism was born in Rome in the mid-18th century , at the time of the rediscovery of Pompeii and Herculaneum , but its popularity spread all over Europe as a generation of European art students finished their Grand Tour and returned from Italy to their home countries with newly rediscovered Greco - Roman ideals . The main Neoclassical movement coincided with the 18th - century Age of Enlightenment , and continued into the early 19th century , laterally competing with Romanticism . In architecture , the style continued throughout the 19th , 20th and up to the 21st century . </P>
neoclassicism is another name for an era also called
neoclassicism is another name for an era also called
Age of Enlightenment
Age of Enlightenment