Author: Nielsen, Maria Bach
Title: Fænomenet kitsch - en konsekvens af kunstbegrebets historiske og teoretiske metamorfose
Description: [Aarhus], [2006]. wrappers. 30x22cm, 102 pp. Weighs 900 grams. Spiral-bound. Single-side pages.. Terxtual illustrations. Some lightly pencilled underlinings to text. VG. ¶ This is an unpublished Aarhus University master's thesis [kandidatspeciale]. Danish text. Includes a 2-page English abstract. ["As a consequence of the historical and theoretical metamorphosis of art, the phenomenon of kitsch has become as complex and controversial as art itself...The principal purpose of this thesis is to examine the historical origins and developments of kitsch in relation to the art world's paradigms throughout the last century. This leads to a discussion on the transformation of the original use of kitsch as a term of abuse in the value system of art into a concept of artistic and sympathetic intertest..." - from abstract].

Keywords: Art Criticism, Kitsch, Cultural Theory, Art History, , , , ,