The Artificial Kingdom: A Treasury of the Kitsch Experience
Released: Nov 01, 1999
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Format: Hardcover, 321 pages
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Description:
A cultural history of kitsch (from the German "verkitschen", to make cheap, and "kitschen", to collect junk from the street). Tracing its beginnings to the 19th century, Olalquiaga describes the culture of loss and melancholy in which kitsch came to life.
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