Modern art - comprises creative work created during the era roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and specifies the forms and concepts of art established during that time period.
Wheatfields With Crows, 1890 by VincentVanGogh
Galatea de las esferas, 1952 by SalvadorDali
Contemporary art - artwork made by living artists now. As a
result, it depicts the diverse, global, and ever-changing issues that shape our world.
Contemporary - living or occurring at the same time; belonging to or occurring in the
present.
Art - the expression or application of
human creative skill and
imagination, typically in a visual
form.
Modern - relating to the present or recent times as opposed to the remote past.
Campbell's Soup Cans, 1962 by AndyWarhol
Garapata by DexFernandez
Impressionism was the foundation of contemporary art. It all began in Paris as a reaction to a rather formal and rigorous
style of painting practiced in studios and dictated by conventional organizations
such as the Academie des Beaux-Arts.
Sunday afternoon on the island of La Grande Jatte, 1884-86 by Georges Surat
Contemporary Art- emphasizes innovation and freedom more than Modern Art.