Origin: Latin suffix -ive
Retrospective has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:
an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work
"The museum is hosting a retrospective of Van Gogh that will feature paintings from his entire career."
An exhibition of works from an extended period of an artist's activity.
"The museum announced a retrospective of Monet's water lilies that will feature paintings spanning forty years of his career."
Of, relating to, or contemplating the past.
"The retrospective exhibition showcased decades of the artist's work from his early days until now."