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The Artificial Kingdom:; A treasury of the kitsch experience : with remarkable objects of art and nature, extraordinary events, eccentric biography and original theory plus many wonderful illustrations by the author Celeste Olalquiaga
by Olalquiaga, Celeste
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- A fine bright, clean copy, with very faint signs of edge-wear in a very few areas; in a very light shelf rubbing to near fine(+)
- ISBN 10
- 0747545359
- ISBN 13
- 9780747545354
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Bloomsbury, 1999. First UK edition. Paperback. A fine bright, clean copy, with very faint signs of edge-wear in a very few areas; in a very light shelf rubbing to near fine(+) DJ; extremely light curling to top front DJ edge. Small black octavo, black matte illus. (color) dj; illus. (some color); 321 p. 21 cm. Includes bibliographical footnotes and index. Blurb from fly leaf: "The Artificial Kingdom is the first book to provide a cultural history of kitsch, an immensely popular aesthetic phenomenon that has always been disdained as 'bad taste', or a cheap imitation of 'real' art.' Author is from Chile, holds a PhD from Columbia Unversity and has received Rockefeller and Guggenheim awards.
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- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 83217
- Title
- The Artificial Kingdom:; A treasury of the kitsch experience : with remarkable objects of art and nature, extraordinary events, eccentric biography and original theory plus many wonderful illustrations by the author Celeste Olalquiaga
- Author
- Olalquiaga, Celeste
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine bright, clean copy, with very faint signs of edge-wear in a very few areas; in a very light shelf rubbing to near fine(+)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First UK edition
- ISBN 10
- 0747545359
- ISBN 13
- 9780747545354
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- History And Historiography, Cultural Studies, Popular Culture, Art, Art History, Painting, Sculpture
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Oakland, California
About Bibliope by Calvello Books
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