Monday, January 24, 2011

Folk Art Research

I have decided to use folk art as my inspiration  for my digital montage.Folk Art demonstrates the sheer diversity of materials, styles, interpretations and purposes of art since man kind first scratched patterns on the walls of caves.

Spirit figures rock art
Nourangie Rock in Kakadu National Park in Australia

Paracas Textile (detail) 600-200 BC .The paracas culture of ancient Peru was reowned for its ornate burial textiles.

Codex Cospi 1350-1500 the history of the Mixtec people in Mexico, this manuscript recorded their history genealogy and admiinistrative affairs with beautiful multicoloured hieraglyph symbols



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