Weya art is a Zimbabwean form of pictorial composition which by comparison is a cross between European folk art and Naive art. It is likened to folk art because of its deliberate breakaway from the traditional rules of proportion and perspective, but favoring the childlike simplicity and frankness of naive art. The style adopts a less realistic modeling of and involves no preliminary drawings. Weya art is uniquely indigenous and therefore mostly depicts Zimbabwean cultural tradition.
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