Kitsch
This is the Shah Alam Stadium. The stadium is actually applying the culture of Greek and bit of Roman. Its in an oval shape. During old times in Greece, people build an oval-like shape building and named it as theater. They used the theater for many functions such as performances and sporting purposes. Nowadays, the stadium is also used for events like performances and also sporting. The purpose of adding this culture in the building is to show that it is more classic and is more easy for the spectators to view the events going on.
This is the picture of the golf club in Kuching, Sarawak. The building is clearly applying the Egyptian culture by using the pyramid-shape. The designer of this building change a bit on the design of the pyramid. He took of the bottom part of the pyramid and made it overlapping. So it apparently seems like two pyramid overlapping over one another; one standing above the another one.The designer added this element in the building and the purpose is to show that the people in the golf club is protected by God because during old times in Egypt, the people thinks that the pyramid is the house of the Gods. The pyramid is a triangular-shaped building which the top is pointing towards the sky which is believed to be pointing towards the Sun which is the God, Amun-Ra (creator of Sun). People nowadays believed that if we build a building like the pyramid-shaped like, Amun-Ra will protect us with his holy powers which shines over us, the innocent human beings.
The building in this picture is the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Building. From this building i noticed that the building has Doric columns as design in it. Doric column is origin from the Greek culture. Malaysian took the idea of the Doric column and apply with their own specific design in it. The windows of the building are mostly embedded behind the Doric columns. Using the Doric columns can show that the building is a classical design and with the colour of brown, it also brings up more feeling about classic.
In this picture shown that the windows and the pillar have Greek culture in it. The pillar shown is a Corinthian pillar which this kind of pillar are usually shown in Colosseum during Greek era. The Corinthian is one of the three classical architecture of Greek. Malaysian applied this technique in the building to give and show more on the classic of the building. With the Corinthian order, the building will look more higher class and will impress the view of the audiences. The windows of this building are also applying the Greek architecture culture. The glasses of the windows are embedded into the skele of the windows which are the racks. This shows a bit of mysteriousity.
This picture clearly showing a stone fence wall of a particular house. The piling of the fence wall is probably using the doric column technique but without something supporting behind the fence wall. Doric column are usually apply on fence wall and windows to show the classical taste of the architecture on the building. Malaysian likes to imply this type of technique is because they like to have more classical taste like the Greeks. This type of architecture also apply the Kitsch technique which is repetition of the doric column.
Kitsch is a form of art that is considered an inferior, tasteless copy of an extant style of art or a worthless imitation of art of recognized value. The concept is associated with the deliberate use of elements that may be thought of as cultural icons while making cheap mass-produced objects that are unoriginal. Kitsch also refers to the types of art that are aesthetically deficient (whether or not being sentimental, glamorous, theatrical, or creative) and that make creative gestures which merely imitate the superficial appearances of art through repeated conventions and formulae. Excessive sentimentality often is associated with the term.
The contemporary definition of kitsch is considered derogatory, denoting works executed to pander to popular demand alone and purely for commercial purposes rather than works created as self-expression by an artist. The term is generally reserved for unsubstantial and gaudy works that are calculated to have popular appeal and are considered pretentious and shallow rather than genuine artistic efforts.
The concept of kitsch is applied to artwork that was a response to the 19th century art with aesthetics that convey exaggerated sentimentality and melodrama, hence, kitsch art is closely associated with sentimental art.
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