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Preferred term

Folk art  

Definition

  • Art and crafts made in a traditional fashion by artisans without formal training; produced in culturally cohesive commumities or contexts, using traditional patterns and designs, often handed down from generation to generation; little subject to fashion and changing taste; does not include mass-produced articles

Entry terms

  • Art, folk
  • Crafts, folk
  • Peasant art
  • Popular art
  • Vernacular art

Notation

  • 118890

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-J2N6JHHH-M

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