the styles of jazz since 1945. Especially applied to bebop, cool jazz, and hard bop.

Music written in the 20th century; contempory music.

The current housing style that has been in existence since the 1950's.

In art, styles that are cut from the past.

Modern typefaces lose the strict geometric design that characterizes Old Style fonts, resulting in less varied widths.

Clean, architectural and streamlined 20th century furniture with roots in the German Bauhaus School of architecture and Scandinavian design. Sometimes known as International Style.

fonts are fonts based on designs developed in the 19th century or later. The moderns have a solid appearance due to their vertical stress. They tend to have more ``character'' or ``attitude'' than the old styles and transitionals, but still carry a certain amount of dignity and formality. They are not suited for writing long passages, but they are useful for adding character to a piece of writing. Bodoni is a notable modern typeface.

refers to type styles introduced towards the end of the 19th century. Times roman is a good example of modern type.

This style consists of 21st Century ideals: clean lines, smooth accents (i.e. glass or stainless steel), and updated concepts.

A clean streamlined furniture style of 20th century with roots in the German Bauhaus School of design and Scandinavian design. Sometimes referred to as International Style.

Once a hard-earned term (like an "R" rating) it's now an easy term for music that sounds (for reasons of lyrics, beat, technology, vocabulary) like it could only have been created recently. Oddly, its kitschy overtones are a comfort to both reactionaries and the ornery intelligentsia.

Music written in the 20th century, or contemporary music.

A modern perfume as differentiated from Classic is a perfume based on new notes or harmonies often from newly available aroma chemicals. Modern perfumes are frequently identifiable from their lack of heavy, narcotic notes and their predominance of lighter florals.

A modern perfume would be the opposite of a classic perfume – usually using new aroma chemicals, rather than natural materials. It usually has a light fragrance.