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Kitsch Studios
Kitsch ( ; loanword from German) is a term applied to art and design that is perceived as Naivety, naïve imitation, overly-eccentric, gratuitous, or of banal Taste (sociology), taste. The avant-garde opposed kitsch as melodrama, melodramatic and superficial affiliation with the human condition and its natural standards of beauty. In the first half of the 20th century, kitsch referred to products of popular culture, pop culture that lacked the depth of fine art. However, since the emergence of Pop art, Pop Art in the 1950s, kitsch is sometimes re-appreciated in knowingly Irony, ironic, humorous or Earnest (other), earnest fashion. To brand visual art as "kitsch" is often still pejorative, though not exclusively. Art deemed kitsch may be enjoyed in an entirely positive and sincerity, sincere manner. For example, it carries the ability to be quaint or "quirky" without being offensive on the surface, as in the ''Dogs Playing Poker'' paintings. Kitsch can refer to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Friend In Need 1903 C
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguish it fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
