Ľudové umenie baníkov v zbierke Slovenského banského múzea
Miners’ Folk Art in the Collections of Slovak Mining Museum

Summary/Abstract: The article presents artifacts of folk mining art in the collections of Slovak Mining Museum in Banská Štiavnica, such as sculptures of miners in home altars and nativity scenes, models of mines hidden in bottles, or models of the town’s architectural landmarks. We can further find there sacral folk oil paintings with mining motifs, or utility objects decorated with mining motifs like wall clocks, plates, jugs, walking sticks. The article also describes the most famous creators of folk mining art, the most used materials and basic production techniques.

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