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Gnosticism
The ancient belief system may be the key to understanding modernity.
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The Esthetics of the Streamline
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Notes Toward the Definition of Kitsch
Kitsch is more than bad art; it’s a flight from freedom to servitude.
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Jacob Burckhardt
For the great historian of the Renaissance, democracy, centralization, and materialism were culture’s enemies.
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Notes Toward the Definition of Kitsch
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