directed to the past; contemplative of past situations, events, etc.
looking or directed backward.
retroactive, as a statute.
noun
an art exhibit showing an entire phase or representative examples of an artist's lifework.
any exhibition or series of showings or performances, as of musical works or motion pictures, representing the work of an artist or performer over all or a major part of a career: a retrospective of John Ford's movies.
Last year, the Bauhaus’s 100th anniversary was celebrated with a host of exhibits, events and retrospectives around the world—and inspired a flurry of thoughtful writing about the movement.
Can Europe rebuild the Bauhaus?|claychandler|September 29, 2020|Fortune
Instead, retrospective evaluations correlated most closely to peak and end pain levels.
How 2020 is like a colonoscopy|jakemeth|September 10, 2020|Fortune
So, the material redress would, in a retrospective way, bring about justice by affecting the racial wealth gap that we see today.
Should America (and FIFA) Pay Reparations? (Ep. 426)|Stephen J. Dubner|July 16, 2020|Freakonomics
In 1980, a retrospective of the artist at the Museum of Modern Art in New York captivated Hockney.
The Many Lives of Artist David Hockney|William O’Connor|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To celebrate a retrospective box set, entitled Nothing Has Changed, Bowie has released a video for one of two new songs included.
David Bowie Goes Big Band in New Music Video|Alex Chancey, The Daily Beast Video|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“When Tibor died we did a retrospective of MCo., and the lamp was the last thing you saw,” she says.
The Singular Artist of New Yorkistan|Lizzie Crocker|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Frank Gehry is enjoying a major moment: his retrospective is in full swing in Paris and his latest creation opens today.
Frank Gehry Is Architecture’s Mad Genius|Sarah Moroz|October 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So what better way to craft that reminder than with a retrospective of famous, dead figures who defined Ukrainian identity?
The Ukrainian Face Collector Launches an Exhibition in Kiev|Nina Strochlic|August 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It must have been at about this time that Mary wrote the sad, retrospective poem entitled “The Choice.”
The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2)|Florence A. Thomas Marshall
She then gave the retrospective account of the onset detailed above.
Benign Stupors|August Hoch
I had surely caught the retrospective reflex note, heard first in his voice, recognized in hers.
Essays|Alice Meynell
No Retrospective rake should anticipate our privileges of quotation.
The Book Lovers' Anthology|Various
He had an extraordinarily mournful voice, and a retrospective melancholy of manner.
Romance|Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
British Dictionary definitions for retrospective
retrospective
/ (ˌrɛtrəʊˈspɛktɪv) /
adjective
looking or directed backwards, esp in time; characterized by retrospection
applying to the past; retroactive
noun
an exhibition of an artist's life's work or a representative selection of it