Contemporary is an adjective that refers to the who is from the same time, who lived at the same time. Contemporary designates who or what shares or shared the same time, the same period.
For example: "Many experts say that Machado de Assis is perhaps better understood by today's reader than by his contemporaries."
Contemporary reference too to the present time, the current time and the individual of our time.
For example: Contemporary music is the music of our time. Contemporary art is the art of our time.
The meaning of the word modern is different from the word contemporary, as it is used to refer to what it is more recent than what is closest to us, or even what tends to innovations not yet consecrated by use.
Contemporary age
The Contemporary Age is a determined period for the study of history, which begins in the year 1789, at the time of the French Revolution, to the present day. Within this period, several historical facts are studied, including the Napoleonic Era, the Independence of the Brazil, the Industrial Revolution, Liberalism and Socialism, the First World War, the Second World War etc.
