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Classicism is a force which is often present in post-medieval European and European influenced traditions; however, some periods felt themselves more connected to the classical ideals than others, particularly the Age of Enlightenment, [3] when Neoclassicism was an important movement in the visual arts.
The following is a list of living centenarians (living people who have attained the age of at least 100 years) known for reasons other than just their longevity. For more specific lists of people (living or deceased) who are known for these reasons, see lists of centenarians.
American heiress, artist, and art collector [31] Edna Clarke Hall: 1879–1979: 100: British artist and poet [32] Alphaeus Philemon Cole: 1876–1988: 112: American painter [33] Horacio Coppola: 1906–2012: 105: Argentine photographer and filmmaker [34] Robert Couturier: 1905–2008: 103: French sculptor [35] Trevor Dannatt: 1920–2021: 101 ...
Classical art has been taken as a model in later periods – medieval Romanesque architecture [82] and Enlightenment-era neoclassical literature [11] were both influenced by classical models, to take but two examples, while James Joyce's Ulysses is one of the most influential works of twentieth-century literature. [83]
Brazilian classical liberal writer [146] Fernando Pessa: 1902–2002: 100: Portuguese journalist and radio broadcaster [147] Chapman Pincher: 1914–2014: 100: British writer [148] Nilawan Pintong: 1915–2017: 101: Thai feminist writer [149] Gertrude Poe: 1915–2017: 101: American journalist, lawyer and real estate agent [150] Ida Pollock ...
English Anglican theologian and literary critic [3] Mario Bunge: 1919–2020: 100: Argentinian-born Canadian philosopher of science: Konstantinos Despotopoulos: 1913–2016: 102: Greek philosopher [4] Gillo Dorfles: 1910–2018: 107: Italian philosopher, artist and art critic [5] Hans-Georg Gadamer: 1900–2002: 102: German philosopher [6] Sir ...
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to classical studies: . Classical studies (Classics for short) – earliest branch of the humanities, which covers the languages, literature, history, art, and other cultural aspects of the ancient Mediterranean world.
Vergil leading Dante on his journey in the Inferno, an image that dramatizes the continuity of the classical tradition [1] (Dante and Vergil in Hell by Delacroix, 1823). The Western classical tradition is the reception of classical Greco-Roman antiquity by later cultures, especially the post-classical West, [2] involving texts, imagery, objects, ideas, institutions, monuments, architecture ...