Modern art includes artistic work produced during the period extending roughly from the
1860s
to the 1970s, and denotes
the styles and philosophies of the art produced during that era.
[1] The term is usually associated with art
in
which the
traditions of the past have been thrown aside in a spirit of experimentation.[2] Modern artists experimented
with new
ways of seeing and with fresh ideas about the nature of materials and functions of art. A tendency away from
the
narrative, which was characteristic for the traditional arts, toward abstraction is characteristic of much
modern art.
More recent artistic production is often called contemporary art or postmodern art