trafficable (iou) and Social Realism (sh)

trafficable (iou)

trafficable adjective. E17.
[from TRAFFIC noun, verb + -ABLE.]
Adapted or suitable for traffic or trading. rare. Only in E17.
Able to be bought or sold; marketable. M17.
Of a road: suitable for the passage of vehicular traffic. L19.
traffica'bility noun suitability for the passage of vehicular traffic L19.

Social Realism (sh)

Trend in U.S. Art, originating с 1930, toward treating themes of social protest
poverty, political corruption, labour-Management conflict
in a naturalistic manner.

The movement was stimulated in part by the Ash Can school, the Great Depression, and the New Deal's arts patronage programs, including the WPA Federal Art Project. Works in this vein include Ben Shahn's Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti (1931-32) and William Gropper's The Senate (1935).

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