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Kitsch and art /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Checo |
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University Park, Pa. :
Pennsylvania State University Press,
©1996.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. What Is Kitsch?
- A Note on the Problem of Definition
- Kitsch and Its Object
- Identifiability
- Transformation and Enrichment of Associations
- Concluding Remarks
- 2. Why Is Kitsch Worthless?
- Aesthetic Properties That Make Works of Art Good
- The Dilemma
- The Case of Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
- The Artistic and the Aesthetic Value of Art
- The Artistic Worthlessness of Kitsch
- The Logical Structure of Aesthetic Value Judgments
- The Concept of Unity
- Complexity and Intensity
- The Aesthetic Worthlessness of Kitsch
- Concluding Remarks
- 3. Varieties of Kitsch
- A Note on Photography
- A Note on Literature
- Music and Architecture
- Pop Art and Kitsch
- Conclusion
- Appendix: On the Alleged Impossibility of Defining Aesthetic Concepts
- Select Bibliography
- Index