# SmartHistory of Art IXb- Modernism 1945 to 1980

- By: Smarthistory
- Publisher: Smarthistory
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Art/Art_History_and_Theory/SmartHistory_of_Art_2e/10%3A_SmartHistory_of_Art_IXc-_Modernism_in_the_US_and_Mexico)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
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- PDF: https://downloads.libretexts.org/api/v1/download/human-192024/pdf

Two world wars, sweeping technological change, and the undoing of traditional academic art. The 20th century saw radical shifts in the way art was made—and it kept on shifting.