English translation: paintings drawing from the artists own culture, reflecting an intimate familiarity with that culture
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English term or phrase:
vernacular paintings
English translation:
paintings drawing from the artists own culture, reflecting an intimate familiarity with that culture
English to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
English term or phrase:vernacular paintings
But these artifacts can be used by educational programmes as constant reminders of important dates and events, motivators of behaviour, and as triggers for action. Clothing, woven banners, iconic or vernacular paintings and prints and wooden sculptures that communicate the meaning and aspirations of local people are not so readily collected or recognized.
Explanation: I do not think that the term necessarily means that the artist in question has no formal training.
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I think that the idea that such artists are "untrained" or that they "do not follow rules" is way off base. They may not have received formal training in artistic academies but they certainly, in most cases at least, have receivded training, learned at the feet of, and assimilated rules from other local masters.
I agree that the "definition" I found really isn't a definition at all. There are many different interpretations of what "vernacular" art is. In the asker's text, the key word, I believe, is "local." And I think there is an implication that it involves artists who are not formally trained.
Jenni's statement highlights the complexity of the matter, for one or more of the attributes "naive", "untrained", and "unidentified as artists either by self or within a sub-culture" will apply in some instances but not in others. And this is why the definition in the reference that Kim has posted three times below is simply *wrong*. It is like defining all chocolate as anything manufactured by Cadbury....
I voted for Robert's entry because the question was "What is a vernacular painting".Vernacular can be used to descrive "high art" as well as "low" or "folk" art. In this case, will be necessary to look at the examples of the works to know whether they should be described as "folk art", "art produced by untrained painters"or another combination of terms that includes "objects of popular culture" (i.e. banners). The book "A Companion to Tudor Britain" gives the distinction as "Vernacular paintings (those which followed no particular formal principles of style) and naive paintings ( vernacular works which exhibit little formal training on their creator's part)... http://books.google.es/books?id=wB5OTWApBEsC&pg=PA448&lpg=PA...
did we? is there another computer glitch? mine says 29 minutes yours 39... in any case i agree with your answer off coarse, regardless of which came first :-)
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peer agreement (net): +1
