all'antica

adjective

In a classical style; based on classical models.

OriginItalian all' →
First used 17th c.
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Meanings

adjective
  1. architectureIn a classical style; based on classical models.First known use 17th c.

    In adapting Joshua Reynolds's concept of the ‘historicizing portrait’, taking up Van Dyck or Oriental fashions and elevating all'antica garb to fashion, her portraits were considered particularly ‘fashionable’.

    2020, Bettina Baumgärtel, Angelica Kauffman, Munich: Hirmer, page 12

Origin

  1. Italianall'
  2. Englishall'antica

From Italian all'antica (“in the style of antiquity”).

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