What is the Difference between Modern & Contemporary Art?

And what is post-modern? How did those definitions come about?

i am new the world of art appreciation. so, i am not sure if there is any real difference between art and fine art. somewhere i read "all fine art are art, but not art art fine art." this got me thinking, there must be a difference. But what...

I'm looking at a college and they do 'art history' 'graphic art' and 'fine art'. the course details don't explain it very well, what's the difference?

In terms of an artists & also what does it mean by referring to the frames in terms of researching & analysing info about an artist (themselves, their influences and works) - in relations to both Art Historical and Art Critical Is 'art historical...

Or are they all the same? A "creative director art" is listed as earning 20,000 more in my area than an art director. Also, I am currently majoring in psych, but I really want to do one of the careers above in either advertising or publishing...