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Kitsch

Scope note

Designation applied to artistic or literary material, produced to appeal to popular taste, and marked especially by sentimentalism, sensationalism, or slickness. For the related concept applied to taste, use "camp."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300056181

Created

13yrs ago

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