The invention and uses of folk art in Germany
Wooden toys from the Erzgebirge mountains
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8933279 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Manuel Schramm (Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 115 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 64-76 |
| Publication date | 2004-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Folklore (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-587X • E-ISSN: 1469-8315 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0015587042000192538 |
| OpenAlex | W2073103849 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
This article attempts to historicise the concept of “folk art” using the example of wooden toys from the Erzgebirge mountains to show that it was invented by cultural élites as a marketing concept at the beginning of the twentieth century in order to support a domestic industy caught in structural crisis
Aesthetics · Art · Business · Order (exchange · Visual arts · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · History
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |