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Études Écossaises, 2021 Le cerf est l’un des clichés kitsch associés à l’Écosse que l’on retrouve sur une multitude d’objets présentés comme typiquement écossais, notamment des bouteilles de whisky, des coussins, des tasses et des boîtes de biscuits shortbread.
Lauren Brancaz-McCartan
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Middlebrow Aesthetics: An Explanation and Defense
Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We offer a philosophical account of the middlebrow as a theoretical category to do explanatory and critical work in aesthetics. On our account, the middlebrow ought to be understood as aspirational popular art. That is, it is art which aspires both to be popular (in a distinctive sense), and at the same time to be something more than popular ...
Aaron Meskin, Jonathan M. Weinberg
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Rezension: Der Unernst des Kitsches. Die Ästhetik des laxen Blicks auf die Welt
Medienimpulse, 2016 Den Kitsch-Begriff gibt es bereits seit Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts. Da in der bisherigen Forschung vor allem versucht wurde, eine Definition und einen einheitlichen Maßstab für Kitsch zu finden, fragt Yushin Ra nun erstmals nach einem besonderen Aspekt ...
Bianca Burger
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Ultra‐High‐Throughput Discovery of Multifunctional Polyphenolic Coatings on Droplet Microarrays
Advanced Materials, Volume 38, Issue 39, 13 July 2026.An ultra‐high‐throughput (UHT) combinatorial strategy enables the miniaturized synthesis and screening of ≈30 000 polyamine‐polyphenolic (PaPp) coatings using droplet microarrays (DMA). This approach reveals hundreds of previously unknown fluorescent, redox‐active, and antibacterial materials, including multifunctional, cell‐compatible surfaces ...
Vania Tanda Widyaya +11 more
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Il desiderio Kitsch: i troppi paradisi di Walter Siti
Between, 2013 Cosa ne è del desiderio all’interno del Kitsch, sistema in cui la vita è vissuta come uno spot pubblicitario e l’identità come una eterna performance? In una dimensione utopistica in cui l’uomo non cerca altro che una continua soddisfazione come possono ...
Ornella Tajani
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F IS FOR FALCON: THE TRUE STORY OF THE ‘NOVELLE’
German Life and Letters, Volume 79, Issue 3, Page 311-322, July 2026.ABSTRACT This article takes a closer look at the Boccaccio story upon which Paul Heyse based his famous ‘Falken‐Theorie’ of the ‘Novelle’. The essay then links Boccaccio to a general account of storytelling as an aid to survival amid the hostility of nature and human circumstances.
Michael Minden
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Ethnic Populism and Bad Taste: Exploring the Kitschification of Slovak Folklore
ESPESThis study is a_compilation of notes on the concept of folkloric kitsch, understood as a_secondary aesthetic product of modernism that specifically participates in shared feelings of national pride in Central European countries.
Jana Migašová
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Kwartalnik Filmowy, 2013 In the first part of the article the author presents three theories of kitsch: Hermann Broch’s, Abraham Moles’ and Milan Kundera’s. These form the theoretical basis for the analysis of Krzysztof Kieślowski’s The Double Life of Veronique, which forms the
Agnieszka Morstin
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The Incarnational Aesthetic of David Brown☆
International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 28, Issue 3, Page 267-285, July 2026.Abstract The notion of incarnation has historically been a prominent concept for the acceptance of images and the interpretation of art within Christianity. A contemporary proponent of this line of reasoning about the theological potential of art is David Brown, who builds his theology of culture on the doctrine of incarnation. This article presents an
Filip Taufer
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Born to stir: instant affect culture and the kitsch aesthetics of emoji images
Journal of Aesthetics & CultureEmojis are small icons used across digital devices and platforms, and this essay explores their aesthetics to argue that they exemplify kitsch in contemporary digital culture.
Amin Heidari
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