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Dictionary definition: modern art
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- A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
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Copyright© A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999. (Hide copyright information)
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modern art.
An imprecise term that can be used purely chronologically to designate any art produced in present and recent times, but which is usually applied more specifically to art that is consciously in tune with the progressive attitudes and beliefs of those times—the ‘spirit of the age'. In the second sense, modern art is characterized by the questioning or abandoning of traditional techniques, subjects, or ideas, and in common parlance today the phrase often suggests the kind of painting and sculpture that reactionaries (or normal people, depending on the point of view) find unintelligible or lacking in skill (an exhibition of cartoons about modern art held at the Tate ...
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Article: Modern Art Draws Rail for NJ Classic
AP Online;
May 25, 2004 ;
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... ... pacing champion last year, was made the 3 ... post on Tuesday. Modern Art edged I Am A Fool ... 1.1 million. Modern Art has won both meetings ... I Am A Fool this year. Dave Miller will be in the sulky behind Modern Art. The rest of the ...
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