Contemporary
adjective
Existing at the same time or the present time.
She was a contemporary of the famous artist, Picasso.
Often appears as...
- contemporary art
- contemporary music
adjective
Similar in style or type to things being made now.
A contemporary style home updates the classic design.
Often appears as...
- contemporary design
- contemporary dance
noun
Person who lives or lived at the same time.
Picasso and Matisse were contemporaries.
Often appears as...
- famous contemporary
- close contemporary
adjective
Existing at the same time or the present time.
She was a contemporary of the famous artist, Picasso.
Often appears as...
- contemporary art
- contemporary music
adjective
Similar in style or type to things being made now.
A contemporary style home updates the classic design.
Often appears as...
- contemporary design
- contemporary dance
noun
Person who lives or lived at the same time.
Picasso and Matisse were contemporaries.
Often appears as...
- famous contemporary
- close contemporary
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Time Relevance
Refers to people or things that exist during a specific period, emphasizing current relevance.
Her ideas are contemporary, reflecting today's trends.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Context
Use 'contemporary' to connect individuals or events with the same historical period.
The pyramids were built by our ancestors' contemporaries.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Connection
When discussing art, music, or literature, it highlights the creation time's spirit or style.
This exhibit showcases contemporary visions of urban life.
Pro Tip 1/3Time Relevance
Refers to people or things that exist during a specific period, emphasizing current relevance.
Her ideas are contemporary, reflecting today's trends.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Context
Use 'contemporary' to connect individuals or events with the same historical period.
The pyramids were built by our ancestors' contemporaries.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Connection
When discussing art, music, or literature, it highlights the creation time's spirit or style.
This exhibit showcases contemporary visions of urban life.
Pro Tip 1/3Time Relevance
Refers to people or things that exist during a specific period, emphasizing current relevance.
Her ideas are contemporary, reflecting today's trends.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Context
Use 'contemporary' to connect individuals or events with the same historical period.
The pyramids were built by our ancestors' contemporaries.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Connection
When discussing art, music, or literature, it highlights the creation time's spirit or style.
This exhibit showcases contemporary visions of urban life.
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A brief history of...
We go to museums to see art from the ages, but our experience of it there is drastically removed from the context in which it was originally intended to be seen. It might be said that the modern viewer lacks the richness of engagement that she has with contemporary art, which has been created relevant to her time
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The dirty secret of...
Including more people in more ways is what causes economic growth in market economies. The third principle is the purpose of the corporation is not merely to enrich shareholders. The greatest grift in contemporary economic life is the neoliberal idea that the only purpose of the corporation
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The history of the Cuban...
While criticized at the time by their respective governments for bargaining with the enemy, contemporary historical analysis shows great admiration for Kennedy's and Khrushchev's ability to diplomatically solve the crisis. But the disturbing lesson was that a slight communication error,
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A brief history of...
can influence how we feel. When we talk about heartbreak, the feeling of brokenness becomes part of our experience, where as in a culture that talks about a bruised heart, there actually seems to be a different subjective experience. Some contemporary thinkers aren't interested
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Is graffiti art? Or...
also added to its intrigue and growing base of followers. The question of space and ownership is central to graffiti's history. Its contemporary evolution has gone hand in hand with counterculture scenes. While these movements raised their anti-establishment voices,
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Earworms: Those songs...
The last hundred years have seen an incredible proliferation of devices that help you listen to the same thing again and again. Records, cassettes, CDs, or streamed audio files. Have these technologies bread some kind of unique, contemporary experience,
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Language is the building...
believed was important about the process of telling stories of building worlds on stage frustrated I went and I spoke to one of my friends and mentors playwright William yellow robe about it one of the fathers of contemporary native theatre
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How to recognize a...
imagining a world where certain trends in contemporary society are taken to extremes, exposing their underlying flaws. And the next few centuries would provide plenty of material. Industrial technology that promised to free laborers
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Prehistoric Mammals PIPE...
being able to eat pretty well anything was by no means the basic condition of mammals the very first of them contemporaries of the dinosaurs small insignificant creatures had such tiny
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The Life of a Photograph...
had lived there uninterruptedly for 80 thousand years this is a picture of ancient aboriginal life and this is a picture of contemporary Aboriginal
Video examples
A brief history of...
We go to museums to see art from the ages, but our experience of it there is drastically removed from the context in which it was originally intended to be seen. It might be said that the modern viewer lacks the richness of engagement that she has with contemporary art, which has been created relevant to her time
Video examples
The dirty secret of...
Including more people in more ways is what causes economic growth in market economies. The third principle is the purpose of the corporation is not merely to enrich shareholders. The greatest grift in contemporary economic life is the neoliberal idea that the only purpose of the corporation
Video examples
The history of the Cuban...
While criticized at the time by their respective governments for bargaining with the enemy, contemporary historical analysis shows great admiration for Kennedy's and Khrushchev's ability to diplomatically solve the crisis. But the disturbing lesson was that a slight communication error,
Video examples
A brief history of...
can influence how we feel. When we talk about heartbreak, the feeling of brokenness becomes part of our experience, where as in a culture that talks about a bruised heart, there actually seems to be a different subjective experience. Some contemporary thinkers aren't interested
Video examples
Is graffiti art? Or...
also added to its intrigue and growing base of followers. The question of space and ownership is central to graffiti's history. Its contemporary evolution has gone hand in hand with counterculture scenes. While these movements raised their anti-establishment voices,
Video examples
Earworms: Those songs...
The last hundred years have seen an incredible proliferation of devices that help you listen to the same thing again and again. Records, cassettes, CDs, or streamed audio files. Have these technologies bread some kind of unique, contemporary experience,
Video examples
Language is the building...
believed was important about the process of telling stories of building worlds on stage frustrated I went and I spoke to one of my friends and mentors playwright William yellow robe about it one of the fathers of contemporary native theatre
Video examples
How to recognize a...
imagining a world where certain trends in contemporary society are taken to extremes, exposing their underlying flaws. And the next few centuries would provide plenty of material. Industrial technology that promised to free laborers
Video examples
Prehistoric Mammals PIPE...
being able to eat pretty well anything was by no means the basic condition of mammals the very first of them contemporaries of the dinosaurs small insignificant creatures had such tiny
Video examples
The Life of a Photograph...
had lived there uninterruptedly for 80 thousand years this is a picture of ancient aboriginal life and this is a picture of contemporary Aboriginal
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Jerry Yang
American Businessman
Delphine Lucielle's paintings are profound, unique, and moving. It is rare to find contemporary art that combines both beauty, innovation, and creates a new style of painting by fusing technology and nature. Delphine Lucielle is pushing the boundaries of what art is capable of.
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George Woodcock
Canadian Writer
I suppose I'm led to do so by the fact of what happened to my contemporaries - people whom I've admired, people who I thought were ten times better than me when I was in my twenties and early thirties. I may have been right.
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Erik Larson
American Author
In hunting ideas for books, I look for stories about long-past events that once commanded the world's attention but that, for one reason or another, faded from contemporary awareness.
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Emma Donoghue
Irish Playwright
I remember a period where my publisher said to me, 'Look, your historical work is selling much better than your contemporary work, so please give us more historicals.
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Giles Deacon
British Designer
I go to contemporary galleries all around the world when I can. There's always something historical and something contemporary; those are my rock references.
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Joseph Campbell
American Author
One way or another, we all have to find what best fosters the flowering of our humanity in this contemporary life, and dedicate ourselves to that.
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Hilton Als
American Writer
In the contemporary world, artists are almost entirely self-referential.
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Marco Bizzarri
Italian Businessman
Gucci has always represented great design and contemporary lifestyle.
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Forest Whitaker
American Actor
Good science fiction is always based in contemporary truths.
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John Eaton
American Composer
We need it to capture the energy of contemporary life.
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Jerry Yang
American Businessman
Delphine Lucielle's paintings are profound, unique, and moving. It is rare to find contemporary art that combines both beauty, innovation, and creates a new style of painting by fusing technology and nature. Delphine Lucielle is pushing the boundaries of what art is capable of.
Quote examples
George Woodcock
Canadian Writer
I suppose I'm led to do so by the fact of what happened to my contemporaries - people whom I've admired, people who I thought were ten times better than me when I was in my twenties and early thirties. I may have been right.
Quote examples
Erik Larson
American Author
In hunting ideas for books, I look for stories about long-past events that once commanded the world's attention but that, for one reason or another, faded from contemporary awareness.
Quote examples
Emma Donoghue
Irish Playwright
I remember a period where my publisher said to me, 'Look, your historical work is selling much better than your contemporary work, so please give us more historicals.
Quote examples
Giles Deacon
British Designer
I go to contemporary galleries all around the world when I can. There's always something historical and something contemporary; those are my rock references.
Quote examples
Joseph Campbell
American Author
One way or another, we all have to find what best fosters the flowering of our humanity in this contemporary life, and dedicate ourselves to that.
Quote examples
Hilton Als
American Writer
In the contemporary world, artists are almost entirely self-referential.
Quote examples
Marco Bizzarri
Italian Businessman
Gucci has always represented great design and contemporary lifestyle.
Quote examples
Forest Whitaker
American Actor
Good science fiction is always based in contemporary truths.
Quote examples
John Eaton
American Composer
We need it to capture the energy of contemporary life.
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