A revival of the classical style in art or literature

• Classicism revived

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of several movements in the arts, architecture, literature and music that revived forms from earlier centuries.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. revival of a classical style (in art or literature or architecture or music) but from a new perspective or with a new motivation

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
neoclassicism \neoclassicism\ n. a revival of the classical Greek and Roman style in art or literature.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Neoclassicism in music was a twentieth-century trend, particularly current in the period between the two World Wars, in which composers sought to return to aesthetic precepts associated with the broadly defined concept of " classicism ", namely order, balance, ...