Introduction Preamble -Aesthetics | Poetry and Islam | Poetry and warlords | Poetry and Afghanistan -Poetry and Kazakhstan | Poetry and the Caucasus | Poetry and the Middle East -Poetic leadership | Poetic protest | Prosaic dialogue Indicative possibilities of reframing strategic engagement Clarification of Islamic views Improvisation in poetic debate -Poetic discourse as a lost art | Poetic en...

Dendrochronological analysis was carried out for 13 historic icons from the collection of the Museum of the Folk Building in Sanok, painted on fir and spruce boards. Eleven sequences of the annual growth rings produced from the analysed fir boards were absolutely dated against the fir dendrochronological standard for S Poland, constructed by E. Szychowska-Krąpiec. Most of the analysed objects d...

In Finland, folk high school education began in 1889 and consisted of non-formal adult education in Finland. The aim of the study is to research the role of folk high school education into Finnish culture.The study introduces the history of Finnish folk high school education and discusses the role of folk high school education in the Finnish educational system, especially arts education. The pu...

Nowadays, the traditional handicrafts in folk art are gradually faded out memory of modern people development digital age, since Internet has made it possible for to travel around world without leaving home. As a unique expression handicrafts, reflects true portrayal and spiritual outlook laboring different ages under social production environment. Folk is an intangible cultural heritage, its i...

In the two decades since establishment of people’s Republic China, challenges facing porcelain production have changed significantly. Porcelain is one most important and oldest traditions in China. 1950s, craftsmen became involved creation new forms interior plastics. Many pieces they created are now part museum collections represent history development Chinese porcelain. Using example three mu...

Anna Mary Moses, the most popular painter in the United States, took up painting when she was in her 70s when painful arthritis forced her to give up her short journey dedicated to embroidery and needlework craft. Her art is considered primitive art, or Naı̈ve Art, and portrays mostly rural and bucolic American landscapes. Before the Rennaissance period there was no distinction between folk and ...