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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: 1920–25

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—Related forms

folk-art, adjective

folk artist.

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folk art also folk-art (fōk'ärt')
n. Art originating among the common people of a nation or region and usually reflecting their traditional culture, especially everyday or festive items produced or decorated by unschooled artists.

folk'-art' adj., folk artist n.

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