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“Kitsch is the contemporary form of the Gothic, Rococo, Baroque.”

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Frank Wedekind was a German playwright born on July 24, 1864, and died on March 9, 1918. Known for his critical view of social morality and profound insight into human nature, his works have had a profound impact on 20th-century drama. more

“While a forgery illegally exploits the elitist taste for rarity, a kitsch object insists on its anti elitist availability. The deceptive character of kitsch does not lie in whatever it may have in common with actual forgery but in its claim to supply its consumers with essentially the same kinds and qualities of beauty as those embodied in unique or rare and inaccessible originals.”

Kind May Doe Character Lying Common Quality Objects Taste Unique Claims Originals Consumers Exploits Deceptive Availability Elitist Kitsch Inaccessible Rarity Forgery

Author:Matei Calinescu

“Romanticism is the mother of kitsch and that there are moments when the child becomes so like its mother that one cannot differentiate between them”

Children Moments Mother Romanticism Differentiate Kitsch

Author:Hermann Broch

“Those who were still able to write beautiful melodies were kitsch composers like Tchaikovsky. Tchaikovsky approaches true art not in his numerous beautiful melodies, but when a melodic line is thwarted.”

Writing Art Stills Able Beautiful Lines Approach Melody Composer Kitsch Tchaikovsky

Author:Slavoj Žižek

“Must one become seventy years old to recognize that one's greatest strength lies in creating musical kitsch?”

Years Lying Creating Musical Seventies Kitsch

Book:A Confidential Matter: The Letters of Richard Strauss and Stefan Zweig, 1931-1935

Source: A Confidential Matter: The Letters of Richard Strauss and Stefan Zweig, 1931-1935

“Indeed, some kitsch seems to be flawed by its very perfection, its technical virtuosity and its precise execution, its explicit knowledge of the tradition”

Seems Tradition Perfection Execution Precise Flawed Explicit Kitsch Virtuosity

Author:Robert C. Solomon

“How easy it is to wax lyrical over despair, to wallow in it, to enjoy it. This too is kitsch”

Easy Enjoy Despair Lyrical Kitsch

Book:Meaning of Modern Art

Source: Meaning of Modern Art

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