art or artwork which is sentimental and in poor taste; tacky condition
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Kitsch Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
german term for artworks without any aesthetic value, pretentious and of poor taste - sometimes employed als element of pop art - to compare with buckeye , banal art and calendar painting
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This term refers to the "low-art" artifacts of everyday life. Paintings of Elvis on velvet, lamps from the statue of David, and clocks in statues of Budda. The term comes from the German verkitschen meaning "to make cheap." It has been made popular in the years since the beginning of pop art. These objects are now revered by collectors as "camp" making low art into high art.
Kitsch Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
kitsch
adj : of a display that is tawdry or vulgar [syn: ostentatious, pretentious]
n : art in pretentious bad taste
1. Art or artwork characterized by sentimental, often pretentious bad taste. The aesthetic or mentality in which such art is conceived or appreciated.
2. Culture or civilization in a degraded state of sentimentality and
vulgarity.
2. Culture or civilization in a degraded state of sentimentality and
vulgarity.
Noun
1. art in pretentious bad taste
(hypernym) art, fine art
Adjective
1. of a display that is tawdry or vulgar
(synonym) ostentatious, pretentious
(similar) tasteless, in poor taste(p)
Kitsch Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Kitsch (; loanword from German) is a form of art that is considered an inferior, tasteless copy of an extant style of art or a worthless imitation of art of recognized value. The concept is associated with the deliberate use of elements that may be thought of as cultural icons while making cheap mass-produced objects that are unoriginal. Kitsch also refers to the types of art that are aesthetically deficient (whether or not being sentimental, glamorous, theatrical, or creative) and that make creative gestures which merely imitate the superficial appearances of art through repeated conventions and formulae. Excessive sentimentality often is associated with the term.
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