Kitsch is a style of mass-produced
art or design using cultural icons. The term is generally reserved for unsubstantial or gaudy works, or works that are calculated to have
popular appeal.
Slang:
tasteless, lowbrow, tacky.
a tacky or lowbrow quality or condition.
Technically, Kitsch is a term that has been used to categorize
art that is considered an inferior copy of an existing style. The term "kitschy" is also used more loosely in referring to any
art/thing/or person that is pretentious or in bad taste, and also commercially produced items that are considered trite or crass.
As a
child, I considered my mother's ornaments a bit kitschy, but when I took them to the Antiques
Road show I discovered that they were valuable.
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