Classicism is the artistic style that respects the values and precepts of classical antiquity,
Classicism is called the style of art that is developed according to the precepts and values of classical antiquity : that is, from the heyday of Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece .
It can be said that classicism is a movement that followed the principles of the model developed during the aforementioned ancient period, which extended between the 5th century BC and the 2nd century AD. Among its main characteristics is the search for physical, aesthetic perfection . and intellectual of the human being .
Predominant in the 18th and 19th centuries , classicism can be seen in multiple artistic manifestations, such as painting, music, literature and architecture. In addition to the ideas of classical antiquity , it also takes concepts from the Renaissance , humanism and other currents.
Characteristics of classicism
Harmony as the axis, the balance between form and substance, the search for formal proportions and rationality are some of the issues that govern the works of classicism.
Among the most transcendent manifestations of classicism is classicist painting , which emerged as opposition to baroque painting. Art experts mention the construction of space through successive planes, the absence of marked contrasts, clear shapes and the preponderance of drawing over color as its most notable properties .
At a literary level, the so-called Weimar classicism stands out, promoted by figures such as Friedrich von Schiller and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe between the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century .
Musical classicism is associated with so-called cultured music.
cultured music
The cultured music of the European continent that developed between the mid-18th century and the beginning of the 19th century falls into the style called classicism . Some of the composers of this period were Marianna Martínez and Joseph Haydn . Regarding the moment that other arts were going through, such as literature and architecture, we can say that they were in what is currently called neoclassicism .
Musical classicism spread mainly in Vienna , in addition to Mannheim, Paris and Berlin . We can say that among its most outstanding characteristics are very clear textures , symmetrical phrases, full tonality and musical forms such as the quartet, the sonata and the symphony.
Characteristics of musical classicism
Unlike the other arts, music did not have enough models from Antiquity to draw inspiration from and continue building. For this reason, it is often said that the classic style is very different from everything that came before it. In fact, when the romantics spoke of " classical music " they were only referring to the works of classicism.
Just as in the illustration, the music of classicism was also noted for a special focus on balance and clarity, disdain for artifice and the excesses of the baroque, the approach to nature through the simplicity of structures and symmetry of the phrases, and the plausibility of the arguments in the opera to get closer to the viewer.
Precisely, cultured music broke the absurd barriers that kept it exclusively in the aristocracy to finally reach the bourgeoisie , and many composers began to adapt their styles to popular trends. Throughout classicism the importance of music grew, and its greater dissemination led to composers traveling throughout the European continent to present their works in the most important capitals.
Classical music is characterized by giving the highest voice the main melodies, making the others accompany it, and all this was reflected in writing explicitly, unlike previous practices that gave rise to countless scores that did not. If they were written today they would be considered incomplete.