Some articles on modern:
History Of Palau - Pre-contact
... the Austronesian languages, and so does not shed much light on the origins of the modern population ... it may derive from the Sunda Islands (modern Indonesia) ... lands continue to be passed through titled women and first daughters but there is also a modern patrilineal sentiment introduced by imperial Japan ...
... the Austronesian languages, and so does not shed much light on the origins of the modern population ... it may derive from the Sunda Islands (modern Indonesia) ... lands continue to be passed through titled women and first daughters but there is also a modern patrilineal sentiment introduced by imperial Japan ...
History - Decline and Survival of Archery
... The revival of modern primitive archery may be traced to Ishi, who came out of hiding in California in 1911 Ishi was the last of the Yahi Indian tribe ... the commercial development of new forms of bow including the modern recurve and compound bow ... These modern forms are now dominant in modern Western archery traditional bows are in a minority ...
... The revival of modern primitive archery may be traced to Ishi, who came out of hiding in California in 1911 Ishi was the last of the Yahi Indian tribe ... the commercial development of new forms of bow including the modern recurve and compound bow ... These modern forms are now dominant in modern Western archery traditional bows are in a minority ...
Adamic Language - Modern - Latter-day Saints Movement
... Some other early Latter-day Saint leaders, including Brigham Young, Orson Pratt and Elizabeth Ann Whitney claimed to have received several words in the Adamic language in revelations ... Some Latter-day Saints believe that the Adamic language is the "pure language" spoken of by Zephaniah and that it will be restored as the universal language of humankind at the end of the world ...
... Some other early Latter-day Saint leaders, including Brigham Young, Orson Pratt and Elizabeth Ann Whitney claimed to have received several words in the Adamic language in revelations ... Some Latter-day Saints believe that the Adamic language is the "pure language" spoken of by Zephaniah and that it will be restored as the universal language of humankind at the end of the world ...
Chinese Historiography - Schools - Modernism
... as a "traditional" society needing to become "modern", usually with the implicit assumption that Western society is the definition of modern society ... its static past and bringing them into the modern world under European direction ... which argued that although China did change in the pre-modern period but that this change existed within certain cultural traditions ...
... as a "traditional" society needing to become "modern", usually with the implicit assumption that Western society is the definition of modern society ... its static past and bringing them into the modern world under European direction ... which argued that although China did change in the pre-modern period but that this change existed within certain cultural traditions ...
Metropolitan Museum Of Art - Collections - Modern Art
... by European and American artists, the modern art collection occupies 60,000 square feet (6,000 m2), of gallery space and contains many iconic modern works ... represented in remarkable depth, for a museum whose focus is not exclusively on modern art for example, the collection contains forty paintings by Paul Klee, spanning his ...
... by European and American artists, the modern art collection occupies 60,000 square feet (6,000 m2), of gallery space and contains many iconic modern works ... represented in remarkable depth, for a museum whose focus is not exclusively on modern art for example, the collection contains forty paintings by Paul Klee, spanning his ...
More definitions of "modern":
- (adj): Used of a living language; being the current stage in its development.
Example: "Modern English"
Synonyms: New
- (adj): Belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages.
Example: "Modern art"; "modern furniture"; "modern history"; "totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric"
- (adj): Characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture.
- (adj): Ahead of the times.
Synonyms: advanced, forward-looking, innovative
- (noun): A typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes.
Synonyms: modern font, Bodoni, Bodoni font
- (noun): A contemporary person.
Famous quotes containing the word modern:
“Let us be aware that while they preach the supremacy of the state, declare its omnipotence over individual man, and predict its eventual domination of all peoples of the earth—they are the focus of evil in the modern world.”
—Ronald Reagan (b. 1911)