Modern may refer to:

History

Modern history The term modern period or modern era (sometimes also called modern history or modern times) is the period of history that succeeds the Middle Ages (which ended approximately 1500 AD). This terminology is a historical periodization that is appli ...

** Early Modern period ** Late Modern period *** 18th century *** 19th century ***

20th century The 20th (twentieth) century began on January 1, 1901 ( MCMI), and ended on December 31, 2000 ( MM). The 20th century was dominated by significant events that defined the modern era: Spanish flu pandemic, World War I and World War II, nucle ...

** Contemporary history * Moderns, a faction of Freemasonry that existed in the 18th century

Philosophy and sociology

Modernity Modernity, a topic in the humanities and social sciences, is both a historical period (the modern era) and the ensemble of particular socio-cultural norms, attitudes and practices that arose in the wake of the Renaissancein the "Age of Reas ...

, a loosely defined concept delineating a number of societal, economic and ideological features that contrast with "pre-modern" times or societies ** Late modernity

Art

Modernism Modernism is both a philosophical and arts movement that arose from broad transformations in Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The movement reflected a desire for the creation of new forms of art, philosophy, an ...

** Modernist poetry *

Modern art 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. The term is usually associated with art in which the tradi ...

, a form of art * Modern dance, a dance form developed in the early 20th century *

Modern architecture Modern architecture, or modernist architecture, was an architectural movement or architectural style based upon new and innovative technologies of construction, particularly the use of glass, steel, and reinforced concrete; the idea that for ...

, a broad movement and period in architectural history * Modern music (disambiguation)

Geography

Modra Modra (german: Modern, hu, Modor, Latin: ''Modur'') is a city and municipality in the Bratislava Region in Slovakia. It has a population of 9,042 as of 2018. It nestles in the foothills of the Malé Karpaty (Little Carpathian mountains) and is ...

, a Slovak city, referred to in the German language as "Modern"

Typography

* Modern (typeface), a raster font packaged with Windows XP * Another name for the typeface classification known as Didone (typography) * Modern, a generic font family name for fixed-pitch serif and sans serif fonts (for example, Courier and Pica), used e.g. in OpenDocument format or Rich Text Format

Music

Modern (Buzzcocks album) ''Modern'' is the sixth studio album by English pop punk band Buzzcocks. After the critical success of the band's previous album '' All Set'' (1996), the band became disillusioned with trying to be a rock band and set out to become more "modern," ...

* Modern (EP), an EP by Gas * Modern Records, a Los Angeles record label * Modern (Amber Smith album)

Other uses

* Modernform Group, traded as MODERN, a furniture manufacturer and distributor in Thailand * Modern Defense, a chess opening * Modern (political party), Polish political party