Folk art covers all forms of visual art made in the context of folk culture. Definitions vary, but generally the objects have practical utility of some...
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Fraktur is a highly artistic and elaborate illuminated folk art created by the Pennsylvania Dutch, named after the Fraktur script associated with it. Most...
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Chinese folk art or Chinese handcrafts are artistic forms inherited from a regional or ethnic scene in China. Usually there are some variation between...
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folk art is a regional form of folk art based in the Appalachian region in the United States. In an article about the contemporary form of this art,...
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The American Folk Art Museum is an art museum in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, at 2 Lincoln Square, Columbus Avenue at 66th Street...
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Mexican handcrafts and folk art is a complex collection of items made with various materials and intended for utilitarian, decorative or other purposes...
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Hungary (redirect from Hungarian folk art)
the beginning of the 18th-century that the present style of Hungarian folk art took shape, incorporating both Renaissance and Baroque elements, depending...
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Folklore (redirect from Folk Culture)
in art schools; or they have been repurposed as folk art, characterized as objects whose decorative form supersedes their utilitarian needs. Folk art is...
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Folk art in the United States developed in the late 18th and early 19th centuries after the Revolutionary War when settlers revived artistic traditions...
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Manchu people (redirect from Manchu folk art)
Collection of Tianyouge [zh] (天游阁集). Octagonal drum is a type of Manchu folk art that was very popular among bannermen, especially in Beijing.: 147 It...
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African folk art consists of a variety of items: household objects, metal objects, toys, textiles, masks, and wood sculpture. Most traditional African art meets...
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heritage. Tangible folk art includes objects which historically are crafted and used within a traditional community. Intangible folk arts include such...
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Antique Tribal Art Dealers Association Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 Australian aboriginal art Folk art John Young Museum of Art, Honolulu...
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Culture of Switzerland (redirect from Swiss folk art)
Swiss cheese, watches, cowbells, banking, and the Swiss Army knives. Folk art is kept alive in organizations all over the country. In Switzerland, it...
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folk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Folk or Folks may refer to: Nation People Folklore Folk art Folk dance Folk hero Folk horror Folk music Folk...
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Folklore of India (redirect from Bengali Folk Tales)
The folk and tribal arts of India speak volumes about the country's rich heritage. Art forms in India have been exquisite and explicit. Folk art forms...
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heritage. Tangible folk art includes historic objects which are crafted and used within a traditional community. Intangible folk arts include forms such...
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Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk...
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Ioannina (redirect from Folk Art Museum of Epirus – "Kostas Frontzos")
Dumas' novel The Count of Monte Cristo. Villagers of Ioannina City is a folk rock band from Ioannina, formed in 2007. Ioannina is twinned with: Požarevac...
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Vaillancourt Folk Art (VFA) is a high-end Christmas manufacturer, wholesaler, and retail gallery located in Sutton, Massachusetts known for their hand-painted...
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exhibition of folk art, folk artists and folk art environments, with an emphasis on the contemporary". The society publishes a journal, the Folk Art Messenger...
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Acharnes (redirect from Folk Art Museum of Acharnes)
railway station, both on the Piraeus–Platy railway. Acharnes is home to the Folk Art Museum of Acharnes. Acharnes has historically been an Arvanite settlement...
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Mexican mask-folk art refers to the making and use of masks for various traditional dances and ceremony in Mexico. Evidence of mask making in the region...
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result is sometimes called primitivism, pseudo-naïve art, or faux naïve art. Unlike folk art, naïve art does not necessarily derive from a distinct popular...
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include the Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, American fine and folk art, 19th and early 20th century photography, as well as rare books...
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The Museum of International Folk Art is a state-run institution in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States. It is one of many cultural institutions operated...
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Thai folklore (section Folk art and craft)
Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2012-10-04. Thai Folk Art "Thai Comic". Archived from the original on 2014-10-26. Retrieved 2012-10-04...
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Arts in the Philippines (redirect from Folk dance of the Philippines)
painting, non-folk sculpture, printmaking, photography, installation art, mixed-media works, illustration, graphic arts, performance art, and imaging Literature...
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Pala is a cultural folk ballad form of Odisha, derived from Sanskrit and Odia literature. It is performed by a group of five or six people, consisting...
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Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (category American folk art)
The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center was opened in 1957 in Colonial Williamsburg to house her collection of folk art. A number prominent figures...
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