The classical restraint of the figures was to set a trend toward neoclassicism.

I passed the discreet residences of long-forgotten merchants, their wealth veiled with high walls and classical restraint, every stone hewn from the same limestone cliffs.

But when that comes to an end, the building stands quiescent, its facade again a model of classical restraint.

Outside, the house was a model of classical restraint.

Hardwick, in its combination of high drama, spatial ingenuity, and classical restraint, must be considered his masterpiece.

And Ms. McDonald, for all her classical restraint, also projects an expansive, larger-than-life theatricality.

They mingle Color Field, Minimalism, even Pop, with a thread of personal emotion all the more evocative for its classical restraint.

The composer disliked showy display, and the predominant characteristic of his piano music is a classical restraint and understatement.

At the end of the 17th century, the Arcadians began a movement to restore simplicity and classical restraint to poetry, as in Metastasio's heroic melodramas.

The flowing robes and contorted posture abandon classical restraint and repose to depict a more passionate, almost voluptuous trance.