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Examples of kitsch
kitsch
Hinson's mix of hot-rod rockabilly licks and monstrous kitsch spread from there.
From the kentucky.com
There are some of Papa's trappings there, but the real attraction is its kitsch.
From the boston.com
Much of pop art attempted to incorporate images from popular culture and kitsch.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Without that crucial connection, Cirque's frenetic staging devolves into kitsch.
From the ocregister.com
The selection is broad enough to suit all tastes, from pure gold to pure kitsch.
From the time.com
They ranged from criticisms of the kitsch to raves about the activities for kids.
From the stltoday.com
People think that the kitsch I collect is just junk, or that it makes rooms busy.
From the post-gazette.com
Oceans of money have been poured into this many-roomed vision of kitsch opulence.
From the independent.co.uk
He knows the business inside and out and shares its schmaltzy kitsch unashamedly.
From the post-gazette.com
- Excessively garish or sentimental art; usually considered in bad taste
- (kitschy) bathetic: effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"
- 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 recognised value. ...
- Kitsch is a magazine jointly produced by students of Cornell University and Ithaca College. It prints feature journalism, fiction, opinions, art, and miscellaneous shorter pieces; one of its taglines reads "Where fact and fiction meet. ...
- Art, decorative objects and other forms of representation of questionable artistic or aesthetic value; a representation that is excessively sentimental, overdone, or vulgar; Said especially of art and decor that is considered of questionable aesthetic value; excessively sentimental, overdone or ...
- (kitschy) Having the nature of kitsch
- Art that is considered vulgar, tawdry, or pretentious.
- Art using popular culture icons, mass-produced objects; means "worthless" in German.
- Sentimental, slick, and mass-produced art designed to appeal to the widest possible popular audience.
