kitsch

K0080300 (kĭch)n. Pieces of art or other objects that appeal to popular or uncultivated taste, as in being garish or overly sentimental.

[German Kitsch (originally used of kitschy painting ), perhaps from kitschen, to sweep or rake up street mud, or from German dialectal kitschen, to sell off cheaply.]

kitsch′i·fy′ v.kitsch′y adj.

kitsch

(kɪtʃ) na. tawdry, vulgarized, or pretentious art, literature, etc, usually with popular or sentimental appealb. (as modifier): a kitsch plaster bust of Beethoven. [C20: from German] ˈkitschy adj

kitsch

(kɪtʃ)

n. something of tawdry design, appearance, or content created to appeal to popular or undiscriminating taste. [1925–30; < German, derivative of kitschen to throw together (a work of art)] kitsch′y, adj.

kitsch

A German word meaning art or writing that is oversentimental or vulgar.

Thesaurus

Noun

kitsch - excessively garish or sentimental art; usually considered in bad tasteart, fine art - the products of human creativity; works of art collectively; "an art exhibition"; "a fine collection of art"

kitsch

noun bad taste, vulgarity, coarseness, tastelessness, grossness, tawdriness, gaudiness, lack of refinement a hideous ballgown verging on the kitsch

Translations

kitschkicz

kitsch

[Ger.,=trash], term most frequently applied since the early 20th cent. to works considered pretentious and tasteless. Exploitative commercial objects such as Mona Lisa scarves and abominable plaster reproductions of sculptural masterpieces are described as kitsch, as are works that claim artistic value but are weak, cheap, or sentimental. A museum of kitsch was opened in Stuttgart.

Kitsch

Work that is pretentious, and in some opinions, in bad taste, It represents applying styles without understanding them. It is part of camp taste that values the outrageous or worst excesses of commercialism..