Classical

The word classical has several meanings:

CULTURE

Classical Antiquity and the study of "''the Classics ''", refers to the culture of Ancient Greece or Rome

---"High classical" refers to Greek art associated mainly with Athens and the works atop the Acropolis

"Classical Chinese " or "classical Indian " culture refers to a perceived apex in the development of a society or of its arts and sciences

"Classical French " culture refers specifically to the 18th century, rather than Ancient Greece or Rome. This causes confusions in translation.

Classicism can be understood as defining and long-lasting civilizational patterns shaped by belief systems.

Classical Language

THE ARTS

Pertaining to the arts ( Painting , Music , Literature , etc.), the word classical often refers to a specific time period or artistic style:

Classical Architecture originated from Roman and Greek construction methods, which were later used as a model for "neo–" and "revival" architectural styles

Classical Music

Classical Music Era

Classical dance, or Ballet

Classicism

Classical Education refers to the educational tradition based upon the Trivium and Quadrivium .

Classical Philosophy

Indian Classical Music

Classical Indian Dance

Classical Liberalism

Non-Western Classical Music

SCIENCE

The word 'classical' is applied to any mode of scientific thought prevalent up to the time of some radical new Innovation , or any scientific area of study that has well established roots, typically pre-nineteenth century.

Classical Mechanics , in Physics , as founded by e.g. Galilei , Newton and formalized by Hamilton and Lagrange (developed before the advent of modern Quantum Mechanics )

--- The Theory Of Relativity is usually considered as a "classical" theory, reconciling General Relativity (the "''last word'' " in classical physics) with quantum mechanics

--- Semiclassical physics, an approximate solution to a problem generated by assuming that for parts of the system, the results of classical physics does not differ too much from that of the quantum mechanics method

Classical Electrodynamics , as formalized by Maxwell

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