What is modern art and why does it matter to understand it, well, some of it? Here is an essay about my views on modern art. Marcel Duchamp and one of his ready-made pieces, Roue de bicyclette. Ready-Made Modern art is a classification of fine art produced between the late 19th and late 20th century. The remarkable departure from traditional art made the scope of modern art limitless. It is not restricted to a religious dogma, aristocratic class nor romanticism. Modern artist