The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (Penguin Great Ideas)
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The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (Penguin Great Ideas)
as originally pointed out by the German philosopher Walter Benjamin in his seminal essay “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction,” is that by removing something from its original context or setting, we kill the sense of awe that we might attach to its uniqueness. Great works of art were once intrinsically a part of their settings.
Douglas Rushkoff • Life Inc.
“Even the most perfect reproduction of a work of art is lacking in one element: its presence in time and space, its unique existence at the place where it happens to be” – Walter Benjamin, The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility 1935
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John Berger / Ways of Seeing , Episode 1 (1972)
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