by Andreas Niederau-Kaiser · Books on Demand GmbH · tapa dura · ISBN 9783759796257
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«Kitsch: die Geburt der Archetypen» is the essay by Andreas Niederau-Kaiser, published by Books on Demand GmbH in hardback (72 pages, in German).
The term «kitsch» emerged in 19th-century Munich as a dismissal of sentimental, banal images made to sell quickly. The essay traces its transformation into an aesthetic embraced with nostalgia or irony in art, design, and popular culture, and explains why some images attract while others are unbearable.
First edition published on 18 March 2025. The work falls under Art and Culture and its text is in German.
Aimed at readers interested in the history of taste, aesthetics, and contemporary visual culture.
