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kitsch: a standalone construct

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kitsch1 CONSTRUCTKitschGREENBERG · AESTHETICS

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Aesthetics

ersatz, mass-produced culture that offers ready-made effects and borrows the forms of real art.

In aesthetics, kitsch refers to ersatz, mass-produced culture that offers ready-made effects and borrows the forms of real art. This meaning comes from Greenberg (1961) in Art and culture.[1]

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  1. Greenberg, C. (1961). Art and culture. Thames and Hudson. ISBN 9780948491498

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