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The 20th century saw a number of changes in the arts and sciences.

Classicism was used both by those who rejected, or saw as temporary, transfigurations in the political, scientific, and social world and by those who embraced the changes as a means to overthrow the perceived weight of the 19th century.

Thus, both pre-20th century disciplines were labelled " classical " and modern movements in art which saw themselves as aligned with light, space, sparseness of texture, and formal coherence.