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kitsch
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kitsch [Ger.,=trash], term most frequently applied since the early 20th cent. to works considered pretentious and tasteless. Exploitative commercial objects such as Mona Lisa scarves and abominable plaster reproductions of sculptural masterpieces are described as kitsch, as are works that claim artistic value but are weak, cheap, or sentimental. A museum of kitsch was opened in Stuttgart.
kitsch
Art or architecture that is sentimental or banal in tone; considered to have little or no aesthetic value.
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If neither the choral Cinq Rechants nor the substantial song-cycle Harawi can compete for impact and popularity with their noisier, kitschier orchestral sibling, they are both fascinating, intensely personal works.
The Sixteen; Philharmonia by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
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An example of one of his kitschier drawings might be a depiction of a fluidly limned classical head, embellished by stars and flourishes or accompanied by lines of poetry.
JEAN COCTEAU by Jones, Kristin M. / Artforum International
 
 
 
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