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| + | [[Image:The Crystal Palace.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The usage of new materials such as [[iron]], [[steel]], [[concrete]] and [[glass]] is ascribed an important place in [[modern architecture]], with [[the Crystal Palace]] of [[1851]] considered as its first large scale use.]] | ||
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| + | "That is why, while conspicuously absent from the world of pagan antiquity, the idea of [[modern|modernity]] was born during the Christian Middle Ages." --''[[Five Faces of Modernity]]'' (1987) Matei Calinescu | ||
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| + | [[Image:Pruitt-Igoe-overview.jpg|thumb|200px|"[[Modern architecture]] died in St. Louis, Missouri on July 15, 1972 at 3:32 pm when the infamous [[Pruitt–Igoe]] scheme, or rather several of its slab blocks, were given the final coup de grâce by dynamite."--''[[The New Paradigm in Architecture |The Language of Post-Modern Architecture]]'' (1977) by Charles Jencks]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Trylon, Perisphere and Helicline (Samuel H. Gottscho).jpg|thumb|200px|The [[Trylon and Perisphere]], two [[Modernist architecture|modernistic structures]] at the [[1939 New York World's Fair|New York World's Fair of 1939-1940]]<br> | ||
| + | <small>Photo: [[Trylon, Perisphere and Helicline (Samuel H. Gottscho)]]</small>]] | ||
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| - | '''Modern''' generally means something that is "up-to-date", "new", or from the present time. The term was invented in the early 16th century to describe recent trends. | + | |
| - | * [[Modern Times]] | + | '''Modern''' generally means something that is "up-to-date", "new", or from the present time. The term was invented in the early 16th century to describe recent trends. The word is derived from the Latin ''[[modus]]''. |
| - | ** [[Modern Times (disambiguation)]] | + | |
| - | * [[Modern Age (periodical)|''Modern Age'' (periodical)]], an American conservative publication | + | It may refer to: |
| - | * [[Modern Art]], a form of art. | + | |
| - | * [[Modern architecture]], a style of architecture | + | ;in history |
| - | * [[Modernity]], a very loosely defined time period from late 19th to early 20th century | + | *[[Modern history]] |
| - | * [[Late Modernity]] | + | ** [[Early Modern period]] |
| - | * [[Modern dance]], a dance form developed in the early 20th century | + | ** [[18th century]] |
| - | * [[Modernist literature]] | + | ** [[19th century]] |
| - | * [[Modernist poetry]] | + | ** [[20th century]] |
| + | ** [[Contemporary history]] | ||
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| + | ;in philosophy and sociology | ||
| + | * [[Modernity]], a loosely defined concept delineating a number of societal, economic and ideological features that contrast with "pre-modern" times or societies | ||
| + | ** [[Late modernity]] | ||
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| + | ;in art | ||
| * [[Modernism]] | * [[Modernism]] | ||
| + | ** [[Modernist poetry]] | ||
| + | * [[Modern art]], a form of art | ||
| + | * [[Modern dance]], a dance form developed in the early 20th century | ||
| + | * [[Modern architecture]], a broad movement and period in architectural history | ||
| + | * [[Modern music (disambiguation)]] | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | * [[Contemporary (disambiguation)]] | ||
| * [[Postmodernism]] | * [[Postmodernism]] | ||
| - | * [[Modern music]] | + | * [[Modern Times]] |
| + | * [[Modern Man (disambiguation)]] | ||
| + | * [[Modern age (disambiguation)]] | ||
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Modern generally means something that is "up-to-date", "new", or from the present time. The term was invented in the early 16th century to describe recent trends. The word is derived from the Latin modus.
It may refer to:
- in history
- in philosophy and sociology
- Modernity, a loosely defined concept delineating a number of societal, economic and ideological features that contrast with "pre-modern" times or societies
- in art
- Modernism
- Modern art, a form of art
- Modern dance, a dance form developed in the early 20th century
- Modern architecture, a broad movement and period in architectural history
- Modern music (disambiguation)
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See also
- Contemporary (disambiguation)
- Postmodernism
- Modern Times
- Modern Man (disambiguation)
- Modern age (disambiguation)
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