Modern art is an art movement that emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its hallmark was to move away from traditional styles and create artwork with a more abstract and experimental approach. Some of the most important movements in modern art include Impressionism, Expressionism, Cubism, Fauvism, Dadaism, and Surrealism. Influential contemporary artists include Pablo Picasso, Wassily Kandinsky, Salvador Dali, and Marcel Duchamp. Modern art had a lasting influence on the development of visual culture and continues to influence contemporary art today. Contemporary art includes works of art created during the period approximately from the 1860s to the 1970s, and describes the style and philosophy of art created during this period. The term is commonly associated with art that casts aside the traditions of the past in a spirit of experimentation. Contemporary artists experimented with new perspectives and fresh ideas about the material and functional nature of art. The tendency toward abstraction and away from the narrative nature characteristic of traditional art is characteristic of much contemporary art. Recent works of art are often referred to as contemporary or postmodern art.