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folk art

noun

Etymology

From folk + art.

  1. derived from artem
  2. derived from art
  3. inherited from art
  4. compounded as folk art — “folk + art”

Definitions

  1. Craft traditions and values of various social groups.

    • Folk art belongs to communities rather than to individuals, and to many generations rather than one period. […] Folk art reflects community ideas about what is beautiful or appropriate for a given object or function.

  2. Intangible art forms such as folk music and folk dance rooted in and reflective of the…

    Intangible art forms such as folk music and folk dance rooted in and reflective of the cultural life of a community.

    • Through its disarming frankness, inherent drama, and theatricality, Spanish dance had definitely moved from folk art to theatrical experience.

  3. Outsider art.

    • Advocates of the “folk art” term stretched its meaning to the maximum in order to include under the same rubric the peaceful landscapes of Grandma Moses and the provocative and disturbing watercolors of Henry Darger.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for folk art. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA