neoclassical

/ˌˈnioʊˌklæsəkəl/

/niəʊˈklæsɪkəl/

Use the adjective neoclassical to describe art or architecture that resurrects the characteristic styles of ancient Greece and Rome. Wear a toga to a party and people might compliment your neoclassical outfit!

Many people think of architecture when they see the word neoclassical — specifically, the style of most European buildings constructed over the last 200 years. The 18th-century fashion favoring the symmetry, columns, rectangular windows, and marble facades of the classical era has never really gone out of style. Between the 17th and 19th centuries, this kind of neoclassical revival also occurred in art, fashion, literature, and theater.

Definitions of neoclassical

1. adjective

   characteristic of a revival of an earlier classical style
   synonyms: neoclassic

   classic, classical

   of or relating to the most highly developed stage of an earlier civilisation and its culture