all'antica

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

all'antica

1. (art, architecture) In a classical style; based on classical models. [from 17th c.]
   • 2020, Bettina Baumgärtel, Angelica Kauffman, Munich: Hirmer, page 12:

     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’.

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• anallatic