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Difference Between Modern and Contemporary Art

Modern vs Contemporary Art

In art, modern and contemporary forms are largely interchangeable. People often use the term “modern” for describing some art form of recent times. Actually, this art form is considered contemporary.

Modern and contemporary art are art forms of two different times. Modern art refers to the period that began in the 1880s and that lasted until the 1960s. Contemporary art can be said to be the art that was developed after the 1960s and is still emerging.

Artists like Van Gogh and Manet are credited with revolutionizing the art in the 1880s and giving a new realm to it. Modern art broke away from the conventional forms of art. They emphasized on the subjective representation of subjects rather than focusing on realism that was prevalent before the 1880s. Modern art had its unique style and reflected the inner and the outer world. Modern art focused on surrealism rather than depicted life as perceived by the church or the influential in society.

Contemporary art is one created by artists who are still living. The late 1900s saw major social, political, and cultural reformations across the world which had greatly influenced this art form. There was no rigid form in contemporary art, but some rigid forms could be seen in modern art. Every topic of relevant significance like globalization, global warming, human rights, environmental destruction were reflected in the contemporary arts.

Unlike modern art, contemporary art has some social impact. Moreover, contemporary artists had significant freedom and liberty to experiment with all styles. Modern artists tend to find the pure idea of art. Contemporary artists are very liberal in their attitudes, and they are least concerned about purity in art.

Summary:

1.Modern art refers to the period that began in the 1880s and that lasted until the 1960s. Contemporary art can be said to be the art that was developed after the 1960s and is still emerging.
2.Artists like Van Gogh and Manet are credited with revolutionizing the art in the 1880s and giving a new realm to it. 3.They emphasized on the subjective representation of subjects rather than focusing on realism that was prevalent before the 1880s.
4.Contemporary art is one created by artists who are still living. The late 1900s saw major social, political, and cultural reformations across the world which had greatly influenced this art form.
5.Unlike modern art, contemporary art has some social impact. Moreover, contemporary artists had significant freedom and liberty to experiment with all styles.

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9 Comments

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  2. Thanks a lot for this interesting article

  3. Show some examples of contemporary and modern art?

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  6. It really still begs the question, if modern art lasted from the 1880’s to the 1960’s then it’s not really modern anymore, is it? If you ask Leonardo da Vinci what is modern art he would point to his freshly painted Mona Lisa and answer “this is modern art”.

  7. Thank you very much. However your explanations would clearly come out with visual examples from both contemporary and Moderns Arts.
    Can you also help and answer why is Modern Art called modern yet it was produced first? And why the contemporary called so?
    The two are still confusing!!!

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