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Classical: Established ideals of perfection.

Classical Period: In the history of theatrical cinema, the 1920s-50s when the Hollywood studio system of film production held total power and evolved the classical style of filmmaking. In a genre's evolutiona . . . View Full Definition

Neoclassical: Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.

Classical Hollywood Cinema: A conventional style of filmmaking with a particular model of narrative structure, editing technique, mise-en-scene, dialogue, music, etc. Narrative is presented in a clear cause-and-effect . . . View Full Definition

Classical Conditioning: Elicitation of a response by a stimulus that normally does not elicit that response. The response is one that is mediated primarily by the autonomic nervous system (such as salivation or a c . . . View Full Definition

Classical Haiku: Another term for the hokku, the predecessor of the modern haiku. See hokku and haiku.

In Medias Res: (latinin the middle[s] of things): The classical tradition of opening an epic not in the chronological point at which the sequence of events would start, but rather at the midway point of th . . . View Full Definition

Inventio: (plural, inventiones from Latin invenire, 'to come upon, to discover', cf. Modern English 'invention') in classical rhetoric, inventiones were techniques for brainstorming, for 'finding' mat . . . View Full Definition

Ideograph: Also called a logograph or ideogram, this is a written symbol system in which a single marking or collection of markings represents not a phonetic sound but rather an entire word or idea. Cl . . . View Full Definition

Hymn: A poem praising god or other divine being or place, often sung. E.g., sabine baring-gould, john henry newman, isaac watts, charles wesley, and john wesley.