Folk art

thumb|300px|In a Tropical Forest Combat of a Tiger and a Buffalo (1908–1909), by Henri Rousseau In the arts of the Western world, Primitivism is a mode of aesthetic idealization that means to recreate the experience of the primitive time, place, and person, either by emulation or by re-creation. In Western philosophy, Primitivism proposes that the people of a primitive society possess a morality and an ethics that are superior to the urban value system of civilized people.

art produced by artisans trained in a relevant skill working within a local client economy

thumb|upright=1.7|Japanese-style s laid out for sleeping in a ryokan (inn). In green, three s per bed; in red, turned-back s. The top two futons in each stack are covered in white fitted sheets, matching the pillowslips.

thumb|1940 photograph by Russell Lee (photographer)|Russell Lee of Mrs. Bill Stagg of Pie Town, New Mexico, with state quilt

250px|thumb|The Mice Are Burying the Cat, a 1760s lubok print, has been commonly thought to be a caricature of Peter the Great's burial, authored by his opponents. The caption above the cat reads: "The Cat of Kazan, the Mind of Astrakhan, the Wisdom of Siberia" (a parody of the title of Russian tsars). Modern researchers have said that this is a representation of carnivalesque inversion, "turning the world upside down".

thumb|Paper-cut with stupa. One of the earliest known papercuts, this specimen was recovered by Paul Pelliot in the Dunhuang grotto and is dated to the tenth century. [[Bibliothèque nationale de France.]] thumb|300px|Chinese paper cuttings (2014)

modified fish carcass to resemble fictional creature

thumb|votive paintings of Mexico|Mexican votive painting of 1911; the man survived an attack by a bull, attributed to the care of [[Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos]] thumb|La Rochelle [[slave ship Le saphir, ex-voto in the Saint Louis Cathedral in La Rochelle, 1741]]

Ceramic Russian folk art toys

man-made object resembling a real duck

carved wooden statues placed outside Lutheran churches in Finland and in Sweden

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Jewish paper cutting

thumb|upright=1.5|Khayamiya in Cairo Khayamiya ( ) is a decorative Egyptian art appliqué textile, that dates back to as far as Ancient Egypt. They are now primarily made in Cairo, Egypt, along what is known as the Street of the Tentmakers (''Shari'a al-Khayamiyya, or Suq al-Khayamiyya'') centered in the Qasaba of Radwan Bey, a historic covered market built in the 17th century. The street is located immediately south of bawabet el metwali (Bab Zuwayla), and is located along the historic economic axis of Cairo, in a section within Muizz street.

mythical creature in Russian folklore

stuffed toy