Main entry:

Dorfles, Gillo, 1910-2018, author.

Title & Author:

Kitsch; the world of bad taste / With special contributions by John McHale, Karl Pawek, Ludwig Giesz, Lotte H. Eisner, Ugo Volli, Vittorio Gregotti, Aleksa Čelebonović and essays by Clement Greenberg and Hermann Broch. [Editorial assistance on the English language ed. by Vivienne Menkes.]

Publication:

[New York] : Universe Books, [1970]
©1969

Description:

311 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Translation of Il Kitsch.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-304).
Kitsch -- Myth and kitsch -- Notes on the problem of kitsch / Hermann Broch -- Monuments -- Transpositions -- The Betrothed and Co. -- Leonardo and India in Los Angeles -- The plastic parthenon / John McHale -- Politics -- The avant-garde and kitsch / Clement Greenberg -- Birth and the family -- Death -- Religious trappings -- Christian kitsch / Karl Pawek -- Tourism and nature -- Kitsch-man as tourist / Ludwig Giesz -- Advertising -- The film -- Kitsch in the cinema / Lotte H. Eisner -- Pornokitsch and morals -- Pornograpy and pronokitsch / Ugo Volli -- Styling and architecture -- Kitsch and architecture / Vittorio Gregotti -- Traditional kitsch -- Notes on traditional kitsch / Aleksa Celebonovic.

ISBN:

0876631065
9780876631065

Subject:

Arts.
Aesthetics.

Added entries:

McHale, John, writer of supplementary textual content.
Pawek, Karl, writer of supplementary textual content.
Giesz, Ludwig, 1916-1985, writer of supplementary textual content.
Eisner, Lotte H., writer of supplementary textual content.
Volli, Ugo, writer of supplementary textual content.
Gregotti, Vittorio, writer of supplementary textual content.
Čelebonović, Aleksa, writer of supplementary textual content.
Greenberg, Clement, 1909-1994, writer of supplementary textual content.
Broch, Hermann, writer of supplementary textual content.
Menkes, Vivian, editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 84070
Call No.: ID:86-B16387
Status: Available