Contemporary' was in those days [1953] synonymous with 'modern' as it had not been before and is not now [1977].

A.S. Byatt
Contemporary' was in those days [1953] synonymous with 'modern' as...
Contemporary' was in those days [1953] synonymous with 'modern' as...
Contemporary' was in those days [1953] synonymous with 'modern' as...
Contemporary' was in those days [1953] synonymous with 'modern' as...
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Contemporary art was in those days synonymous with modern art as it had not been before and is not now. Contemporary means something of the present time. If you say, "The contemporary style of painting is more expressionistic than it once was," you are describing what is happening now. But if you say, "The contemporary style of painting was more expressionistic before," you are describing a time when the style was different.

Source: The Virgin In The Garden

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