This essay examines two types of modern art forms, “the reproduction of works of art and the art of film”. Benjamin explores both a manual and technical reproduction of art, as well as how the two are viewed and received. Photography and film are the dominant subjects of art reproduction in the essay.
When art is reproduced the value is depreciated. (Or the quality of its presence)
“That which withers is the ‘aura’”
The aura (of art objects) is in jeopardy because of “the increasing significance of the masses” and the desire of the mass to bring objects “closer”, accepting an age of reproduction and limited uniqueness.
Is this similar to the way that our generations, and the ones before and after, raised with the Internet and television, are the first to experience most of the world through a screen?
Just seeing images, and not actually experiencing most things first hand?
What effect does this have on younger artists who are “image-makers”?
Over time, art objects become increasingly portable.
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