Lo lus "classicism" hauv kev txhais los ntawm Latin cov lus txhais ua piv txwv. Nov yog qhia txog kev kos duab nyob rau hauv daim duab ntawm 17-18 centuries. Kos duab qub yog tus qauv rau classicism. Tus tsim ntawm hom neeg ntseeg no ntseeg tias txhua yam hauv ntiaj teb yog ua raws li cov tswv yim ntawm qhov laj thawj thiab txoj cai, kev xav thiab meej, thiab lawv tau sau cov hauv paus ntsiab lus no hauv lawv cov haujlwm.
Txhua hom kev kos duab, raws li cov classicists, yuav tsum tsim raws li qee yam canons. Nyob rau tib lub sijhawm, lawv tau xav paub ntau dua mus ib txhis - qhov uas tseem tsis tau hloov pauv. Hauv txhua yam lawv tau sim kom pom qhov loj, qhov tseem ceeb, cov raug. Hauv kev zoo nkauj ntawm classicism, kos duab tau muab txoj haujlwm ua haujlwm.
Rau cov classicism, tsis tsuas yog tus qauv nws tus kheej yog qhov tseem ceeb, tab sis kuj tseem ua kom nruj. Txhua yam tau muab faib ua qib siab thiab qis. Ode, kev tshwm sim, epic tau suav tias yog siab. Tsawg - satire, dab neeg thiab tso dag. Kev sib xyaw ntawm cov yam ntxwv tseem ceeb ntawm lwm yam tsis raug tso cai. Cov txiv neej tau raug faib ncaj qha rau hauv qhov zoo thiab qhov tsis zoo. Cov kev kawm raug xaiv ua cov neeg heroic, feem ntau yog los ntawm txheej thaum ub. Peb lub ntsiab lus tseem ceeb: kev sib koom ua ke ntawm qhov chaw, kev sib koom ua ke ntawm lub sijhawm thiab kev koom tes ntawm kev ua. Cov haujlwm yuav tsum muaj ib zaj dab neeg, kev tshwm sim yuav tsum nyob rau hauv ib qho chaw thiab haum rau hauv lub sijhawm hauv ib hnub. Yog li, meej, sib haum ua ke, qee cov ntsiab lus, phiaj xwm, hom heroes, pom meej thiab yooj yim ntawm cov ntsiab lus yog txhua feem ntawm kev ua kom zoo nkauj ntawm cov qauv qub. Tab sis feem ntau cov duab hauv classicism zoo li khov, vim tias lawv tsis zoo rau qee tus neeg qhov kev coj ua, nws yog, es, yog qhov chaw ntawm kev coj noj coj ua.
Hauv lub caij ntawm classicism, architecture tau mus txog hnub tshwj xeeb. Nws tau cim cov kab ntawv, kom meej meej ntawm cov kab thiab cov ntawv volumetric nruj, cov qauv sib xyaw, kev txwv tsis pub muaj cov qauv tsim. Cov qauv kos duab qub ntawm classicism yog ua raws cov txheej txheem qub. Senate lub tsev thiab Kazan Cathedral hauv St. Petersburg yog suav tias yog cov piv txwv ntawm qhov style ntawm architecture hauv tebchaws Russia.
Tus kws tshaj lij Fabkis tus kws lij choj Nicolas Poussin raug suav tias yog tus tsim ntawm cov qauv qub hauv kev pleev xim. Nws cov duab kos duab txog txheej txheem txheej thaum ub thiab biblical yog piv txwv ntawm kev kos duab classicist. Lawv tau tawm tsam ntawm lawv qhov kev zoo nkauj thiab kev tshav ntuj, kev pom meej ntawm cov kab thiab kev saib tsis taus cov xim los ntawm Francois Boucher.
Nyob rau hauv Russia, classicism vam meej yav dhau los nyob hauv Tebchaws Europe - nyob rau xyoo pua 18, ua tsaug rau kev hloov pauv ntawm Peter I. Cov txiaj ntsig tshwj xeeb yog koom nrog MV Lomonosov, nws yog nws leej twg ua tiav qhov kev hloov pauv ntawm Lavxias teb sab kev ua si, tsim "txoj kev xav ntawm peb lub siab" (qauv), yoog tus Fabkis txoj kev xav ntawm peb lub hauv paus rau Lavxias kev muaj tiag thiab kos duab.
