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KITSCH [3 records]

Record 1 2011-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Decorative Arts
DEF

Artistic or literary material held to be of low quality, often produced to appeal to popular taste and marked esp. by sentimentalism, sensationalism and slickness.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts décoratifs divers
DEF

Terme qui désigne tout objet d'apparence baroque et de mauvais goût.

Spanish

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Record 2 1986-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Painting (Arts)
  • Engraving and Printmaking (Arts)
  • Drawing
DEF

A term of disparagement for a cheap or gandy picture.

DEF

(from German) Art, writing, etc. of a pretentious but shallow kind, calculated to have popular appeal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peinture (Arts)
  • Gravure d'art
  • Dessin
DEF

Toute image en couleur de mauvais goût.

Spanish

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Record 3 1984-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
OBS

mauvais goût intégral (p. 59) réalités no 306, juillet 71, cherche dame végétarienne pour garder bébé. à vendre ceinture amaigrissante trois vitesses. RA

Spanish

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