folk art
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3.9
- noun
- /foʊk ɑrt/
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arte popular
- The brightly painted woodcarvings called alebrijes have become the quintessential form of folk art associated with the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca.
- Mexican folk art
- folk art production
- craft and folk art
And instead there were there was some folk art from the countryside showing bygone beliefs.
- And instead there were there was some folk art from the countryside showing bygone beliefs.
- How can we create sort of folk art and and physical goods?
Examples
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Just remarkable, very moving, like American ingenuity and folk art at its best.
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The crafting of terracotta water pots in Pindaya is both a cottage industry and a folk art.
Academic text (2003) -
A Common Bond: Folk art from more than 100 countries.
Academic text (2005) -
The store is filled with Latin American folk art, particularly masks that line the walls.
Fiction book (1992) -
Within these festivals, the sale of folk art is emerging as the preferred and most viable economic activity.
Academic text (1999) -
Popular folk art perpetuates many old customs and beliefs.
Academic text (2000) -
The walls were adorned with local folk art and some old black-and-white photographs.
Fiction book (2001) -
The whimsical museum has the largest collection of folk art in the world.
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Various pieces of Mexican folk art are also represented in the dining rooms.
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She's surrounded by her collection of American folk art: animals, posters, carvings, and paper dolls.
Synonyms
Art made by people without formal training that shows local traditions and everyday life
How Traditional
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'art of a community or people' is directly and compositionally derived from 'folk' (the people/community) + 'art' (artistic creations), so the overall sense follows straightforwardly from the constituents. This pattern is cross-linguistically common (e.g., Spanish 'arte popular') and therefore a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Folk art comes from the idea of everyday people making useful or decorative items, like quilts, carved boxes, or painted signs, so folk means ordinary people and art means their handmade work. That's why folk art now means 'art made by a community or group, often with no single known artist, and showing local traditions'.