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Walter Benjamin: Art, Aura and Authenticity
The massive reproduction of artwork has changed the nature of how an image is perceived by contemporary society. In a …
The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction by Walter Benjamin
In his essay, Walter Benjamin raised an interesting question: what happens to a work of art, or art in general, when it can be reproduced into numerous copies in our technical age? What changes could the technical reproduction bring to the work of art? To begin with, there is the problem of the original. Once […]
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The aura of art!!!!
In this weeks reading I found Walter Benjamin’s text to be very interacting. He starts by talking about the reproduction of art and how there is a difference between the reproduction and the original no matter how similar the two might be there is something missing. He mentions that “Even the most perfect reproduction of […]
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