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Recent Examples of classicism
BelarteStudio Also at WSA, interior designer Nina Takesh will launch her Eastern Blush wallpaper collection inspired by Persian heritage, European classicism and Parisian fashion.
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Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
12 May 2026
The office itself leans toward old-school classicism, its conference and sitting rooms decorated with museum-quality Hudson River School paintings and 19th-century antiques.
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Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
The new film is both Akin’s strongest and, with its stately, picturesque classicism, his least characteristic work in some time.
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Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
After nearly a decade at the firm of AD100 Hall of Fame designer Daniel Romualdez, Boyle approached this project with a fluency in classicism and the choreography of rooms.
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David Foxley,
Architectural Digest,
8 Apr. 2026
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Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
12 May 2026
The office itself leans toward old-school classicism, its conference and sitting rooms decorated with museum-quality Hudson River School paintings and 19th-century antiques.
—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
The new film is both Akin’s strongest and, with its stately, picturesque classicism, his least characteristic work in some time.
—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
After nearly a decade at the firm of AD100 Hall of Fame designer Daniel Romualdez, Boyle approached this project with a fluency in classicism and the choreography of rooms.
—
David Foxley,
Architectural Digest,
8 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for classicism
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Choung Wan, an emeritus professor at Seoul’s Kyung Hee University Law School, said laws are urgently needed to protect the dignity and other rights of the deceased.
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But liberals should have confidence in meeting those fears with arguments about natural-law principles of equality and dignity underpinning our legal tradition.
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The backstory Hotel Swexan is the first hotel for the Harwood Hospitality group and is an obvious collaboration between the sophistication of a European hotel and the classic charms of Texas.
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The sophistication of the bomb used indicates that more than one perpetrator was involved, prosecutors said, adding that two men were arrested in Monaco before being released due to lack of evidence.
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Under an existing state appropriations restraint, also known as the Gann Limit, lawmakers cannot spend more than an amount determined by a formula that takes annual tax proceeds, changes to the population and cost of living into consideration.
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For 70 minutes, Paraguay had played with corseted restraint, frustrating France with organisation, concentration and no little gamesmanship.
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Write with simplicity and heart.
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That distinction is important because the company sees simplicity as one of its greatest strengths.
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Saariaho never once loses control of momentum and never insults her own tastefulness.
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Stern’s design, woven through and behind the original 1908 building and the 1939 addition that gave the museum its full-block width, is transformative yet inconspicuous, embodying his values of understated patriotism, historical preservation, tastefulness, and memory.
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All of this shone vividly through his work, which shared his joy, artfulness and deep feeling, and most of all privileged human experience and social interaction.
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Mike Bowman, designer, furniture industry expert, and director of marketing for Harmonia Living, says this trend relies on furnishings to bring artfulness to a space—rather than just functionality.
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The rooms The hotel’s 101 suites and bedrooms, irrespective of size, share the same chic, peaches-and-cream aesthetic.
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While skinny and straight-leg jeans have their place, there’s something Parisian chic about a wide-leg pair.
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Griffith’s own work looks stiff and sentimental, weighed down with melodrama and grandiosity that may have seemed dated even in 1915.
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People with bipolar disorder cycle through extended periods of mania and depression, often accompanied by grandiosity or elevated self-esteem during manic phases.
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“Classicism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/classicism. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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