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Folk Art
- paulusartpv
- Jul 7, 2017
- 1 min read
Folk art encompasses art produced from an indigenous culture or by peasants or other laboring tradespeople. In contrast to fine art, folk art is primarily utilitarian and decorative rather than purely aesthetic.
Folk Art is characterized by a naive style, in which traditional rules of proportion and perspective are not employed.
Closely related terms are
Outsider Art
Self-Taught Art
Naïve art.
