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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. As a phenomenon that can chronicle a move towards civilization yet rapidly diminish with modernity, industrialization, or outside influence, the nature of folk art is specific to its particular culture. The varied geographical and temporal prevalence and diversity of folk art make it difficult to describe as a whole, though some patterns have been demonstrated. Antique folk artLogo of the Folk Art Museum Lok Virsa in Islamabad, Pakistan.Antique folk art is distinguished from traditional art in that while it is collected today based mostly on its artistic merit; it was never intended as a category to be art for art’s sake. Examples include: weathervanes, old store signs and carved figures, itinerant portraits, carousel horses, fire buckets, painted game boards, cast iron doorstops and many other similar lines of highly collectible "whimsical" antiques. From Wikipedia under the
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776px x 435px | 123.60kB [source page] more Collection of children s Victorian cook stoves Overland Flyer toy train with two locomotives Early steam toy Old woodworking and farm tools Fancy Victorian baby buggy Interesting seashell art Boxed 14 1 2 in diam cast metal carnival gaming wheel with hand painted running horses and other decoration 19th c Russian and Greek icons From Yahoo Image Search: "Folk art" French Auvergne traditional dance at World Music Day, San Francisco
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:44:59 PDT French Auvergne traditional dance ... art dance day folk francisco french music musician performance san traditional world ... mayomo.com. Marathon, Texas
Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:01:56 PST Video and roadside art by Chicken George Marathon, Texas Chicken George mounts whirligig on James Evans building, inception of the Red Dress Woman ... youtube.com. Slotin Fest & Commercial Copy Cats Part 1
Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:14:55 PDT The Atlanta Slotin Folk Fest is a three day indoor event held each year in August in Atlanta at the Atlanta Trade Center.It is called a festival ... youtube.com. From Google Video Search: "Folk art" Folk art event Sept. 10-11 at Three Sisters Park - Peoria Journal Star
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:09:53 GMT+00:00 event Sept. 10-11 at Three Sisters Park Peoria Journal Star By Anonymous The Folk Art in the Park event will be from 5:30 to 8:30 pm Sept. 10 and 9 am to 4 pm Sept. 11 at Three Sisters Park, 17189 N. Route 29. ... Art Seen: All Folk at Barbara Archer - Creative Loafing Atlanta (blog)
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:29:21 GMT+00:00 Seen: <em>All Folk </em> at Barbara Archer Creative Loafing Atlanta (blog) The term " folk art " gets thrown around too often. It's a broad term, of course, meant to encompass a wide variety of styles and skills and approaches that ... Leidl's acrylics the cat's meow - TheChronicleHerald.ca
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:03:43 GMT+00:00 TheChronicleHerald.ca Leidl's paintings, which give cats a pizzazz and a power, are akin to aboriginal and folk art , as well as abstract art, in their exploration of colour and ... From Google News Search: "Folk art" Where can I get Day of the Dead folk art and decorations that actually come from Mexico? Q. I've looked on Amazon and Ebay and wasn't impressed. I did find one site that I was happy with... Dos Mujeres ... but their selection is very minimum. I've found other sites but they are really expensive and don't look authentic enough. Thanks! Asked by lonnie123 - Thu Sep 11 01:48:59 2008 - - 2 Answers - 1 Comments A. Mexico Answered by Danny H - Thu Sep 11 01:57:15 2008 Can I use "Folk Art Acrylic Paint" on cloths? Q. Will it destroy the fabric or wash away? Asked by Kyos girl - Fri Aug 10 14:38:49 2007 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. Perhaps. Look at this info. in the link and then check whether your product has these traits. Answered by Jeff with a J - Sat Aug 11 05:14:19 2007 Can you use Folk Art Acrylic Paint on fabrics?
Q. I was just wondering because I ran out of my white fabric paint. Asked by dreamcatcher13 - Mon Apr 19 19:33:15 2010 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments From Yahoo Answer Search: "Folk art" Ships in Bottles - The Folk Art of Seamen in the Days of Sail
unknown ue, 27 Jul 2010 14:52:02 GM Putting ships into bottles began as one of several occupations for seamen with time on their hands who were faced with the tedium of long sailing voyages. From Google Blog Search: "Folk art"
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