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  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 . Modern art begins with the heritage of painters like  Vincent van Gogh ,  Paul Cézanne ,  Paul Gauguin ,  Georges Seurat  and  Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec  all of whom were essential for the ...

      Egypt Art One of the first great civilizations arose in   Egypt , which had elaborate and complex works of art produced by professional artists and craftspeople. Egypt's art was religious and symbolic. Given that the culture had a highly centralized power structure and hierarchy, a great deal of art was created to honour the   pharaoh , including great monuments. Egyptian art and culture emphasized the religious concept of immortality. Later Egyptian art includes   Coptic   and   Byzantine   art. The  architecture  is characterized by monumental structures, built with large stone blocks, lintels, and solid  columns . Funerary monuments included  mastaba , tombs of rectangular form;  pyramids , which included step pyramids ( Saqqarah ) or smooth-sided pyramids ( Giza ); and the  hypogeum , underground tombs ( Valley of the Kings ). Other great buildings were the  temple , which tended to be monumental c...

  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For the academic discipline, see  Art history . Venus of Hohle Fels Horse painting from  Lascaux  cave system Mask of Tutankhamun Venus de Milo ,  Alexandros of Antioch Mona Lisa ,  Leonardo da Vinci Les Demoiselles d'Avignon ,  Pablo Picasso History of art show Periods and Movements show Regions show Religions show Techniques show Types v t e The  history of art  focuses on objects made by humans for any number of spiritual, narrative, philosophical, symbolic, conceptual, documentary, decorative, and even functional and other purposes, but with a primary emphasis on its  aesthetic  visual form.  Visual art  can be classified in  diverse ways , such as separating  fine arts  from  applied arts ; inclusively focusing on human creativity; or focusing on different media such as  architecture ,  sculpture ,  painting ,  film ,  photography , a...