[The Cult Of Kitsch] |
kitsch (kch) n. Art or artwork characterized by sentimental, often pretentious bad taste: �When money tries to buy beauty it tends to purchase a kind of courteous kitsch� (William H. Gass). The aesthetic or mentality in which such art is conceived or appreciated: �a movie that sets out to expose the kitsch of Hollywood fantasy� (Vincent Canby). Culture or civilization in a degraded state of sentimentality and vulgarity. adj. Relating to or characterized by kitsch. kitsch adj : of a display that is tawdry or vulgar [syn: ostentatious, pretentious] n : art in pretentious bad taste. kitsch [kich ] noun 1. artistic vulgarity: sentimentality, tastelessness, or ostentation in any of the arts The book jackets were pure kitsch. 2. vulgar objects: collectively, decorative items that are regarded as tasteless, sentimental, or ostentatious in style tourist shops full of kitsch [Early 20th century. From German, derived from kitschen 'to throw together (a work of art)'.] kitschy adjective The joy's of dictionaries.... |
Mirror, Mirror on the wall...who's the kitschiest band of them all? |
Rachel Stamp??? |
King Adora??? |
Or Placebo???....well they have a song called Kitsch Object....*yay* |
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