The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

by Walter Benjamin

Book Overview

Walter Benjamin discusses whether art is diminished by the modern culture of mass replication, arriving at the conclusion that the aura or soul of an artwork is indeed removed by duplication. In an essay critical of modern fashion and manufacture, Benjamin decries how new technology affects art. The notion of fine arts is threatened by an absence of scarcity; an affair which diminishes the authenticity and essence of the artist's work. Though the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1774640074
• ISBN13: 9781774640074
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Must Have Books
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"