Quora User, fluent speaker of Mandarin and Cantonese. Knowing Cantonese alone does not make you understand Mandarin due to the large differences in the language/dialect. However, I believe the majority of Cantonese speakers can understand Mandarin, but only because they have separately studied Mandarin (either formally in school, or self-taught).
â¢ PRIMITIVE ART (noun). The noun PRIMITIVE ART has 1 sense: 1. a genre of art and outdoor constructions made by untrained artists who do not recognize themselves as artists. Familiarity information: PRIMITIVE ART used as a noun is very rare.. a genre of art and outdoor constructions made by untrained artists who do not recognize themselves as artists. Familiarity information: PRIMITIVE ART used as a noun is very rare.
Art critic Robert Hughes described Aboriginal Art as the âlast great art movement of the 20th Centuryâ and can be likened to other ground-breaking art movements such as the impressionists in Paris in the late 19th Century.Unlike art movements of the past, Aboriginal art shows no signs of abating in the 21st Century.ndigenous Australian art is the oldest ongoing form of artistic expression in the world. The earliest forms of Aboriginal art were rock carvings and paintings, body painting and ground designs.