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Sanssouci Palace is a Unesco World Heritage Site. It is about 30 minutes away by train from Berlin and built in Rococo style It is often referred to as a German rival to Versailles. The complex has a palace, terrace gardens, a museum, semicirular colonnades and this 'trellised gazebo'. I found it a bit 'over the top' and an extreme example of Teutonic kitsch but couldn't resist photographing it.
Everyone’s entranced they all press like it
✩ Head LeLutka – Gaia Head
✩ Hair barberyumyum – T24
✩ Jacket Pox – Mozzy
✩ Pose BERAS – Saturn
✩ Skirt + Belt CRAFT – Kei
✩ Boots Phedora – Savin
El Cabellero & The Queen of Country By '' 7 ''
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Handcarved Sideboard & Fringed Collection + Yes Neon By '' PITAYA "
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lookin´ out my kitchen window (to the east)
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It is problematic when Kitsch imagery delivers emotional comfort without intellectual honesty, when reality is ignored by avoiding to look at the unpleasant sides of life, or even when the image lacks artistic integrity and depth. But my "beef" with Kitsch is that it makes one feel good and that it reconciles ourselves too much with the misery we are living in. Kitsch is an opiate and, as Marx famously said about religion, it is at the same time the protest against a heartless world and the agreement with it. Fuji X-E2, Fujinon XF 2/90 (cable release).
Kitsch has been having a bad press from the 19th century when the term was invented. The fact is, however, that Kitsch was and still is very popular and that the aesthetics of Kitsch are very much capable of moving people to tears - whatever "high culture" may think of it. It is not aesthetics that worry me. The problem with Kitsch is that the emotional gratification comes at a price, namely by excluding the dilemmas and difficulties of life. What you then end up with is emotion or even beauty without ethics. And that is the problem.
I thought about not posting my interior shots at all because it was dark and I had very little time to even focus my camera. Also our guide emphatically locked the doors one after another as we left! Still, even with the noise and blur, the rooms have a wonderful ambiance and I love them and there is the ancient connection of Rožmberk Castle to our family. So! Take the tour if you like with my apologies!
Rožmberk Nad Vltavou
South Bohemia
Czech Republic
More information on Rožmberk Castle .
"Aufnahme" eines Blendenstern in der Abensonne im Schönbuch.
Aufgenommen mit der D750 und dem Tamron 90mm Macro.
I have photographed these strange figurines before. "Kitsch" they may be, but there is a biographical dimension, too. Anyway, the point here is the lens. The Leitz Elmar 4/135 (ignore exif data) goes back to the early 1960s. Focussing was difficult on a rangefinder camera (here Leica M 246 Monochrome). Using the tiny Olympus electronic viewfinder, the lens can shine again and focussing is easy (here: wide-open).
FALD – SKIRT ¡GO¡ “Agata”
TOP Emery “NYC” Mustard
ZAPATOS – SHOES *TC* “Smexeh” Hud colors
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PELO – HAIR – .Shi. “Hearken” – metalic
SOMBRERO – HAT – ::PM:: “MeiMei Non” – natural
COLLARES – NECKLACES – Bauhaus “Federica” set Red
PENDIENTES – EARRING ^^Swallow^^ Pyramid – Hud colors
ANILLO – RING ^^Swallow^^ Xmas Gold
I had created a completely different image for this week's theme (which I've also posted), but when I looked at the 2 next to each other, this one made me smile more. :)
The kitten is a very kitsch plastic brooch from the 1960s. The pink flower came from a plant on my kitchen window sill. No idea what type it is, but it created a nice contrast. :)
For this week's Smile on Saturday group theme, Open Day Theme.
Funky clock that reminded me of the life growing up in the '60s. We had a similar clock that hung on our kitchen wall. Kitsch ruled then.
#22/119 Clocks/Watches: 119 Pictures in 2019