The Changing Meaning Of Kitsch
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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.
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.
Realism Myth And The Vernacular In Pasolini S Film And Philosophy
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Author : Max Ryynänen
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2024-07-16
Realism Myth And The Vernacular In Pasolini S Film And Philosophy 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 2024-07-16 with Philosophy categories.
Pier Paolo Pasolini’s lifework has been studied through the lens of queer studies, film studies, poetry, and many other angles, but there are themes that one could still study. This book aims to bring forth a new understanding of Pasolini as someone who worked in various arts, and through appropriating one art with. Max Ryynänen shows Pasolini’s importance for not just film and film theory, but more broadly visual studies, art research and even cultural philosophy – where Pasolini can be seen to be a real pioneer in discussing unprivileged margins in the society. Ryynänen reads Pasolini not just as a semiotician of film, but also as a cultural philosopher, and argues for that interpretation.
Interrogating The Visual Culture Of Trumpism
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Author : Grant Hamming
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2024-08-26
Interrogating The Visual Culture Of Trumpism written by Grant Hamming and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-08-26 with Art categories.
Bringing together scholars from art history, visual studies, and related disciplines, this edited volume asks why Trumpism looks the way it does and what that look means for American—and global—society. Grouped into six categories, the essays in this volume tackle some of the most perplexing—and urgent—aspects of the Trumpist visual project. Two of the most striking aspects of that project are its use of novel commodity forms, including the iconic red baseball caps, as well as its embrace of social media. Trump’s outlandish persona and striking physicality have lent themselves to caricature both from his critics and, perhaps more surprisingly, his supporters. That physicality—as well as his movement’s hearkening back to a (mostly imagined) era of mid-twentieth-century prosperity—has also brought gender and the body into sharp focus. Perhaps second only to the aforementioned red hat is Trumpism’s vigorous use of interventions into public space, including traditional campaign signs as well as flags and other ad hoc visual and architectural materials. Finally, there were the events of January 6, 2021, when many of Trumpism’s most outré visual and cultural preoccupations exploded from the shadows onto television screens across the country. Taken as a whole, the essays in this book examine Trumpist visuality from the seemingly trivial to the starkly horrifying, as well as offering a measured sense of the various resistances and responses that have characterized artistic responses to Trump from the beginning of his prominence. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, visual culture, American studies, and cultural and media studies.
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 Architecture categories.
This ambitious and illuminating book offers an analysis of nothing less than the aesthetic and intellectual ideas which have governed literary production during the past 150 years.
A Philosophy Of Cultural Scenes In Art And Popular Culture
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Author : Max Ryynänen
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-08-23
A Philosophy Of Cultural Scenes In Art And Popular Culture written by Max Ryynänen and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-23 with Art categories.
This book seeks to understand culture through the lens of scenes, analyzing them aesthetically and culturally as well as understanding them through the frameworks of gender, social networks, and artworlds. It is common to talk about the cultural and intellectual scenes of early twentieth-century Vienna, the visual art scene of postwar New York, and the music and fashion scene of the swinging London. We often think about artists and works of art as essentially belonging to a certain scene. Scenes might offer a new approach to study what is possible, what is a tradition, and/or to discuss what are the relevant units of contemporary culture for research. The book posits that scenes explain a lot about how the artworld and the cultural field function. Vivienne Westwood, Rene Magritte, Roman Jakobson, Arthur C. Danto, Susan Sontag, James Baldwin, and Didier Eribon are among the figures included in the book, which examines scenes in cities such as Moscow, Bombay, New York, London, Paris, Brussels, Helsinki, and Bratislava. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, cultural studies, philosophy, film, literature, and urban studies.
Walter Benjamin And The Aesthetics Of Change
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Author : A. M. Pusca
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2010-01-20
Walter Benjamin And The Aesthetics Of Change written by A. M. Pusca and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-20 with History categories.
Following the spirit of Benjamin's Arcades Project, this book acts as a kaleidoscope of change in the 21st century, tracing its different reflections in the international contemporary while seeking to understand individual/collective reactions to change through a series of creative methodologies.
Camp In Literature
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Author : Gary McMahon
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2006
Camp In Literature written by Gary McMahon and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Camp (Aesthetics) in literature categories.
"Objectives of this work are to define camp as a literary genre and to demonstrate its merit with enthusiasm for the subject. Part one is thematically organized, establishing the principles of camp aesthetics and applying them to literature. Part two looks at six featured writers and compares the various ways that they are camp"--Provided by publisher.
Management Aesthetics
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Author : Michał Szostak
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2024-11-18
Management Aesthetics written by Michał Szostak and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-11-18 with Business & Economics categories.
This edited collection presents the complex theory of kitsch from aesthetic and artistic points of view, transposed into managerial and organisational fields. In the spirit of management aesthetics, on the ground of humanistic management, the central aim of the volume is to show that kitsch is a common phenomenon not only in art and culture but also in management, and its conscious perception and mindful use may be beneficial for achieving organisational and managerial goals efficiently. Due to the diverse research problems covered by particular chapters, no unified methodology is applied in the book; every author applied an optimal method for the selected topic. However, due to the complex and metaphysical character of the kitsch phenomenon, the only common fundament of all chapters is using the kitsch experience theory (Szostak and Sułkowski, 2020). The dominant analytical approach is qualitative, with extensive use of case studies, comparative analyses, and ethnographic focus. Despite this, some chapters also include the application of the quantitative approach for the hypotheses’ verification. This book makes a giant step ahead of its competitors by implementing the kitsch theory, especially the kitsch experience theory in a broad spectrum of managerial and organisational fields like marketing, advertising, brand management, business communication, entrepreneurship, leadership, decision-making, human resource management, corporate social responsibility, city space management, management of technology and innovation, and organisational culture. It should be a must-read for researchers, academics, practitioners, and advanced students in these fields.
You Must Change Your Life
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Author : Peter Sloterdijk
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2014-10-15
You Must Change Your Life written by Peter Sloterdijk and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-15 with Social Science categories.
In his major investigation into the nature of humans, Peter Sloterdijk presents a critique of myth - the myth of the return of religion. For it is not religion that is returning; rather, there is something else quite profound that is taking on increasing significance in the present: the human as a practising, training being, one that creates itself through exercises and thereby transcends itself. Rainer Maria Rilke formulated the drive towards such self-training in the early twentieth century in the imperative 'You must change your life'. In making his case for the expansion of the practice zone for individuals and for society as a whole, Sloterdijk develops a fundamental and fundamentally new anthropology. The core of his science of the human being is an insight into the self-formation of all things human. The activity of both individuals and collectives constantly comes back to affect them: work affects the worker, communication the communicator, feelings the feeler. It is those humans who engage expressly in practice that embody this mode of existence most clearly: farmers, workers, warriors, writers, yogis, rhetoricians, musicians or models. By examining their training plans and peak performances, this book offers a panorama of exercises that are necessary to be, and remain, a human being.