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Modern Art

Modern art refers to the style and philosophy of works created during an era spanning portions of the 19th and 20th centuries. Specifically, is lasted from around the 1860s to the 1970s. These artistic styles dropped traditional approaches in the interest of finding new ways of seeing.

A large amount of modern art may be characterized as abstract. However, it had its roots in both Romanticism and Impressionism. These movements themselves developed in rejection to the works which came from the Enlightenment and its scientific rationalization of nature.

In this light, modern art can be seen as the continuation of an overall trend of emphasizing human response and interpretation over objective explorations. During the beginning of the twentieth century, some movements classified as modern included Cubism, Expressionism, and Futurism. Dada, Surrealism, and Bauhaus were a few to follow this. After World War II, the U.S. became more involved with Abstract Expressionism, Op Art, Minimalism, and Photorealism.

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