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the work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction
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In this essay, Walter Benjamin discusses how mechanical
reproduction affects artwork and its perception, in terms
of aura, delivery systems, distance, virtuality, authenticity,
and aesthetic. He traces the change in perceptions from
the advent of woodcut techniques, the printing press,
and modern photography and film. He also draws parallels
to aesthetic politics and how humankind is changed by
its changing artistic acceptance
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[from the site:]
"that which withers in the age of mechanical reproduction is the aura of the work of art.
This is a symptomatic process whose significance points beyond the realm of art. One might
generalize by saying: the technique of reproduction detaches the reproduced object from the
domain of tradition. By making many reproductions it substitutes a plurality of copies for a
unique existence."
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