academicism
Americannoun
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traditionalism or conventionalism in art, literature, etc.
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thoughts, opinions, and attitudes that are purely speculative.
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pedantic or formal quality.
noun
Etymology
Origin of academicism
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Guston had arrived at them after a 15-year detour through Abstract Expressionism, during which he rid his art of its academicism and discovered paint as material and his own way of handling it.
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2021
I find their performance redolent of a desiccated academicism, but even an enthusiast would be hard-pressed to name this group as the one worthiest of the most concentrated visual attention.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 25, 2016
He nimbly avoided the pitfalls of yahooism, academicism, social realism and surrealist kitsch and, in so doing, forged a style that was exemplary for its technical and expressive economy, if not for daring imagination.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2011
Artists like Seurat and Gauguin searched for an art that owed nothing to the stale models of academicism but possessed the substance and authority that Impressionism had let fall away.
From Time ● Feb. 18, 2010
It matters not whether he is professional or amateur, so he is untouched by academicism and has not done so much reading or writing as to impair his mental digestion and his clarity of vision.
From The Joyful Heart by Robert Haven Schauffler
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