folk art

noun

artistic works, as paintings, sculpture, basketry, and utensils, produced typically in cultural isolation by untrained often anonymous artists or by artisans of varying degrees of skill and marked by such attributes as highly decorative design, bright bold colors, flattened perspective, strong forms in simple arrangements, and immediacy of meaning.

Origin of folk art

First recorded in 1920–25

OTHER WORDS FROM folk art

folk-art, adjectivefolk artist, noun

Words nearby folk art

-folious, folio verso, folium, folivore, folk, folk art, folk dance, Folkestone, Folketing, folk etymology, folkie

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Example sentences from the Web for folk art

But Dave and his crew kept living the nightmare and probing the depths of depravity through their absurdist, folk-art horror-show.
My Friend Oderus Urungus: GWAR’s Dave Brockie Was a High School Punk Legend|Andy Hinds|March 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Let it stand as a bit of child-art, just as we rejoice to let crude productions stand as folk-art.
Literature in the Elementary School|Porter Lander MacClintock
The custom of using animals and plants to represent human beings and to express human meanings is as old as folk-art itself.
Literature in the Elementary School|Porter Lander MacClintock

British Dictionary definitions for folk art

folk art

noun

the visual arts, music, drama, dance, or literature originating from, or traditional to, the common people of a country

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单词	folk art
释义	folk art noun artistic works, as paintings, sculpture, basketry, and utensils, produced typically in cultural isolation by untrained often anonymous artists or by artisans of varying degrees of skill and marked by such attributes as highly decorative design, bright bold colors, flattened perspective, strong forms in simple arrangements, and immediacy of meaning. Origin of folk art First recorded in 1920–25 OTHER WORDS FROM folk art folk-art, adjectivefolk artist, noun Words nearby folk art -folious, folio verso, folium, folivore, folk, folk art, folk dance, Folkestone, Folketing, folk etymology, folkie Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for folk art But Dave and his crew kept living the nightmare and probing the depths of depravity through their absurdist, folk-art horror-show. My Friend Oderus Urungus: GWAR’s Dave Brockie Was a High School Punk Legend\|Andy Hinds\|March 25, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Let it stand as a bit of child-art, just as we rejoice to let crude productions stand as folk-art. Literature in the Elementary School\|Porter Lander MacClintock The custom of using animals and plants to represent human beings and to express human meanings is as old as folk-art itself. Literature in the Elementary School\|Porter Lander MacClintock British Dictionary definitions for folk art folk art noun the visual arts, music, drama, dance, or literature originating from, or traditional to, the common people of a country Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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