An Analysis of Walter Benjamin's The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

by Rachele Dini

The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction combats traditional art criticism's treatment of artworks as fixed, unchanging mystical objects. For Walter Benjamin, the consequences of addressing a work of art in this manner have a wider resonance: closed off from any active visual or tactile engagement, the work of art becomes an object of passive contemplation and a potential tool of oppression.

Benjamin argues that technology...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1912284758
• ISBN13: 9781912284757
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Macat Library
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.1" x 7.8"