folk art
visual and applied art made within folk culture traditions by makers trained outside the fine art canon; distinct from ethnographic art of traditional societies; rooted in a 19th-century European concept of pre-industrial collective life
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folk art
Summary
folk art is an art genre[1]. It draws 3,276 Wikipedia views per month (art_genre category, ranking #46 of 200).[2]
Key Facts
- folk art's instance of is recorded as art genre[3].
- folk art is a type of art[4].
- folk art is a type of traditional culture[5].
- folk art's Commons category is recorded as Folk art[6].
- folk art is the opposite of high culture[7].
- folk art's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Folk art[8].
- folk art's partially coincident with is recorded as tribal art[9].
- folk art's partially coincident with is recorded as folk art[10].
- folk art's different from is recorded as tribal art[11].
- folk art's different from is recorded as indigenous art[12].
- folk art's hashtag is recorded as folkart[13].
- folk art's practiced by is recorded as folk artist[14].
- folk art's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Craft[15].
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Definition and Type
folk art's instance of is recorded as art genre[3]. Recorded subclass of include art[4] and traditional culture[5]. It is the opposite of high culture[7].
Why It Matters
folk art draws 3,276 Wikipedia views per month (art_genre category, ranking #46 of 200).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]