Modern may refer to:

History

* Modern history ** Early Modern period ** Late Modern period *** 18th century *** 19th century *** 20th century ** Contemporary history *

Moderns The organisation now known as the Premier Grand Lodge of England was founded on 24 June 1717 as the Grand Lodge of London and Westminster. Originally concerned with the practice of Freemasonry in London and Westminster, it soon became known as ...

, 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 philosophy, philosophical and arts movement that arose from broad transformations in Western world, Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The movement reflected a desire for the creation of new fo ...

Modernist poetry Modernist poetry refers to poetry written between 1890 and 1950 in the tradition of modernist literature, but the dates of the term depend upon a number of factors, including the nation of origin, the particular school in question, and the biases ...

* Modern art, a form of art *

Modern dance Modern dance is a broad genre of western concert or theatrical dance which included dance styles such as ballet, folk, ethnic, religious, and social dancing; and primarily arose out of Europe and the United States in the late 19th and early 20th ...

, 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 i ...

, 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) Didone () is a genre of serif typeface that emerged in the late 18th century and was the standard style of general-purpose printing during the nineteenth. It is characterized by: * Narrow and unbracketed (hairline) serifs. (The serifs have a nea ...

* 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