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Kitsch And Art
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Author : Thomas Kulka
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2015-07-14
Kitsch And Art written by Thomas Kulka and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-14 with Philosophy categories.
What is kitsch? What is behind its appeal? More important, what is wrong with kitsch? Though central to our modern and postmodern culture, kitsch has not been seriously and comprehensively analyzed; its aesthetic worthlessness has been generally assumed but seldom explained. Kitsch and Art seeks to give this phenomenon its due by exploring the basis of artistic evaluation and aesthetic value judgments. Tomas Kulka examines kitsch in the visual arts, literature, music, and architecture. To distinguish kitsch from art, Kulka proposes that kitsch depicts instantly identifiable, emotionally charged objects or themes, but that it does not substantially enrich our associations relating to the depicted objects or themes. He then addresses the deceptive nature of kitsch by examining the makeup of its artistic and aesthetic worthlessness. Ultimately Kulka argues that the mass appeal of kitsch cannot be regarded as aesthetic appeal, but that its analysis can illuminate the nature of art appreciation.
Kitsch
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Author : Monica Kjellman-Chapin
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2020-05-15
Kitsch written by Monica Kjellman-Chapin and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-15 with Art categories.
Kitsch: the mere word evokes mental images of cutesy collectibles, treacly trinkets, sweetly sentimental scenes, thematically trite tabletop tchotchkes, or perhaps anemic appropriations of canonical works of art. Frequently dismissed as facile, lowbrow, or one-off, throwaway aesthetics, kitsch elicits responses that range from the sardonic smirk laced with derision to the grin glimmering with the indulgence in a “guilty” pleasure. Kitsch, however, is surprisingly mobile and complex, as evidenced by its recent renewal as “kitschy cool.” This ambiguity not only allows it to gesture towards a disparate array of artifacts and ideations, but also to be pushed and pulled in various applicatory directions. The contributors to this collection address the problem of how and what kitsch might signify, and approach the kitsch question as a complex, nuanced interrogative. They consider kitsch in relation to its historical association with pseudo-art, its theoretical underpinnings and connections to class, the deliberate mobilization of kitsch in the work of specific artists, kitsch as a form of practice, as well as kitsch’s traffic with race, patriotism, and postmodernism. The essays in this collection necessarily cut a wide interpretative path, mapping the terrain of the phenomenon of kitsch – historically, conceptually, practically – in multivocal ways, befitting the polysemous creature that is kitsch itself. Drawing upon art history, popular culture studies, philosophy, and visual culture, the authors’ responses to the “big” question of kitsch move well beyond habitual artificial boundaries, far beyond the simple binaries of good/bad, high/low, elite/popular, or art/kitsch, into far more complex, challenging, and ultimately rewarding territory.
On Kitsch
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Author : Odd Nerdrum
language : en
Publisher: Kagge
Release Date : 2001
On Kitsch written by Odd Nerdrum and has been published by Kagge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
Kitsch has long been viewed as fine art's poor relation, aping its form while failing utterly to achieve its depth of meaning. In "On Kitsch" Odd Nerdrum and others discuss the meaning and value of kitsch in today's world, and its relationship to art. For the first time in this volume, English-speaking fans have the chance to read the writings of Odd Nerdrum, Norway's most famous contemporary artist, or kitch painter, as he would refer to himself. This printing of a variety of writings by Nerdrum and others includes speeches, essays, and humorous pieces such as "The Kitch Questionnaire," and "Kitch Aphorisms." This book is an opportunity to discover the thought process of one of the world's most unique and compelling artists.
Kitsch
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989-01
Kitsch written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-01 with categories.
Kitsch
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Author : Jacques Sternberg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
Kitsch written by Jacques Sternberg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Kitsch categories.
The Changing Meaning Of Kitsch
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Author : Max Ryynänen
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-04-26
The Changing Meaning Of Kitsch written by Max Ryynänen and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-26 with Philosophy categories.
This book inaugurates a new phase in kitsch studies. Kitsch, an aesthetic slur of the 19th and the 20th century, is increasingly considered a positive term and at the heart of today’s society. Eleven distinguished authors from philosophy, cultural studies and the arts discuss a wide range of topics including beauty, fashion, kitsch in the context of mourning, bio-art, visual arts, architecture and political kitsch. In addition, the editors provide a concise theoretical introduction to the volume and the subject. The role of kitsch in contemporary culture and society is innovatively explored and the volume aims not to condemn but to accept and understand why kitsch has become acceptable today.
Redefining Kitsch And Camp In Literature And Culture
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Author : Justyna Stępień
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2014-09-26
Redefining Kitsch And Camp In Literature And Culture written by Justyna Stępień and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-26 with Performing Arts categories.
Redefining Kitsch and Camp in Literature and Culture is a collection of fourteen essays dealing with the performative character of kitsch and camp aesthetics in popular culture and avant-garde productions. Anticipated in both literature and culture, the book traces the evolution of two aesthetics from a number of theoretical perspectives, including gender studies, queer studies, popular culture studies, aesthetics, film studies and postcolonial studies. The volume provides a much-needed commentary on the mechanisms and functions of kitsch and camp in contemporary literary and cultural studies, reflecting on various transformations that are currently underway.
Kitsch The World Of Bad Taste
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Author : Gillo Dorfles
language : en
Publisher: New York : Universe Books
Release Date : 1969
Kitsch The World Of Bad Taste written by Gillo Dorfles and has been published by New York : Universe Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Philosophy categories.
Kitsch
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Author : Catherine A. Lugg
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2002-05-03
Kitsch written by Catherine A. Lugg and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-05-03 with Education categories.
Kitsch-or tacky, simplistic art and art forms-is used by various political actors to shape and limit what we know about ourselves, what we know about our past and our future, as well as what our present-day public policy options might be. Using a plethora of historic and contemporary examples (such as Forrest Gump and Boys Town), the author maps out how kitsch is employed in various political and educational sites to shape public opinion and understandings.
Five Faces Of Modernity
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Author : Matei Călinescu
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 1987
Five Faces Of Modernity written by Matei Călinescu and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Avant-Garde (Aesthetics) categories.
Five Faces of Modernity is a series of semantic and cultural biographies of words that have taken on special significance in the last century and a half or so: modernity, avant-garde, decadence, kitsch, and postmodernism. The concept of modernity--the notion that we, the living, are different and somehow superior to our predecessors and that our civilization is likely to be succeeded by one even superior to ours--is a relatively recent Western invention and one whose time may already have passed, if we believe its postmodern challengers. Calinescu documents the rise of cultural modernity and, in tracing the shifting senses of the five terms under scrutiny, illustrates the intricate value judgments, conflicting orientations, and intellectual paradoxes to which it has given rise. Five Faces of Modernity attempts to do for the foundations of the modernist critical lexicon what earlier terminological studies have done for such complex categories as classicism, baroque, romanticism, realism, or symbolism and thereby fill a gap in literary scholarship. On another, more ambitious level, Calinescu deals at length with the larger issues, dilemmas, ideological tensions, and perplexities brought about by the assertion of modernity.