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.
Artwork brought back to Europe and America made by tribes in Africa, islanders in the Pacific, and the Aborigines in Australia all earned the primitive art label. Eventually, it came to encompass any art made by the native peoples of South America, Africa, Australia, and Oceania.