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Definition of "neoclassicist" [neoclassicist]

  • A follower of neoclassicism (noun)

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Use "neoclassicist" in a sentence
  • "At this crucial moment, Picasso groped backward, imitating the Farnese Hercules statue he had seen on a trip to Naples, or the torqued nudes created by the 19th century neoclassicist Ingres."
  • "The freshwater market's viewpoint rests strongly on the efficient markets hypothesis, or EMH, as propounded by the University of Chicago's Eugene Fama in the 1970s and later bolstered by Chicago's best-known neoclassicist, Milton Friedman."
  • "Despite Burns's insistence that he hasn't bought into any particular view of jazz history, his film leans strongly to the neoclassicist analyses of Murray, Crouch and Marsalis -- "the evil triumvirate," Burns says, wryly acknowledging the hostility they evoke from less conservative critics and musicians."