1. opposed to or rejecting the principles, styles, or values of classical art, literature, music, or architecture
Usage: often used in art history and cultural criticism
2. departing from traditional or established aesthetic standards and conventions
Usage: used more broadly in contemporary art and design contexts

Examples

• The composer's anticlassical approach rejected the rigid structures of the Baroque period.
• Her anticlassical sculptures challenged the idealized forms that dominated Renaissance art.
• The architect designed an anticlassical building that deliberately avoided symmetry and proportion.
• Modernist movements were often anticlassical in their rejection of historical artistic rules.
• The anticlassical style of the novel broke away from conventional narrative techniques.
• His anticlassical philosophy questioned the timeless truths that classical thinkers had upheld.