Walter Benjamin and Art

by Andrew Benjamin

Walter Benjamin's most famous and influential essay remains The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. Walter Benjamin and the Work of Art is the first book to provide a broad and dedicated analysis of this canonical work and its effect upon core contemporary concerns in the visual arts, aesthetics and the history of philosophy.

The book is structured around three distinct areas: the extension of Benjamin's work; the question...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082646730X
• ISBN13: 9780826467300
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"