Modern art
artistic works produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Modern art refers to artistic works produced from the 1860s to about the 1970s. It refers to the style and philosophy of the art produced during that era.[1]p102 The period coincides with the invention of mechanical means of recording images: photography and film.[2]
The term modern art is usually associated with art in which the traditions of the past have been thrown aside in a spirit of experimentation.[3]p419 Modern artists experimented with new ways of seeing and with fresh ideas about the nature of materials and functions of art. A tendency toward abstraction is characteristic of much modern art, including minimalism . More recent artistic production is often called Contemporary art or Postmodern art.