Holiday Kitsch

The Art History Babes

Recorded History Podcast Network

Society & Culture, Visual Arts, History, Education, Arts

4.4 • 852 Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2020

⏱️ 136 minutes

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Summary

The AHB are together for some annual holiday magic! Let's deconstruct every element of holiday kitsch you can imagine: psychedelic Christmas lights, vintage plastic light up decorations, subversive snow globes, intentionally absurd merman Santa. Join us for a discussion of the many kitschy aesthetics of Christmas time, and the many layered and complicated emotions they evoke. Order the Honest Art Dictionary: https://www.arthistorybabes.com/get-our-book Brendan Dalton: https://www.brendan-dalton.com/ AHB YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtHistoryBabes Patreon: www.patreon.com/arthistorybabes Website: www.arthistorybabes.com Insta: @arthistorybabespodcast Tiktok: @arthistorybabes Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.1	Hello, Art History Babes.
0:32.5	Very excited for you to listen to our 2020 holiday special, all about holiday kitsch, but first wanted to give a quick
0:40.9	shout out to the creator of our new theme song, Brendan Dalton. Brendan created this groovy, jazzy little
0:48.4	track for us, and he also did the spooky banger of an opener for my other podcast, Happy Harvest Horror Show.
0:56.4	So if you're looking for someone to create a quality jingle for you, head to Brendan-dalton.com.
1:04.2	You can also find that in the show notes.
1:06.3	Also, in line with the spirit of the holidays, Brendan created an album called Christmas
1:13.0	and Middle Earth, which is like a Lord of the Rings Christmas concept album, very fun stuff.
1:19.8	You can find it on his website as well as streaming services like Spotify.
1:24.3	Hope you all are doing well this winter holiday season. Enjoy this episode about the
1:29.1	many, many dimensions of holiday kitsch. The Art History Baves
1:47.0	Welcome to the podcast.
1:53.0	I'm Corey.
1:54.1	I'm Jen.
1:54.8	I'm Natalie.
1:55.8	I'm Ginny.
1:56.6	And we are the Art History Babes.
1:58.7	Ooh, it's Christmas.
2:01.6	And Hanukkah and Kwanza.
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