Das Kunstwerk im Zeitalter seiner technischen Reproduzierbarkeit
Walter Benjamin · 1935
Index
- Preface
- I. Introduction
- II. Mechanical Reproduction and Tradition
- III. Authenticity and the Original
- IV. The Concept of Aura
- V. Cult Value and Exhibition Value
- VI. Photography
- VII. Film: The Art Form of the Distracted Masses
- VIII. Perception in Distraction
- IX. Architecture as Prototype
- X. Dadaism as Precursor
- XI. Film versus Painting
- Epilogue: Art and Politics
Quote
"Even the most perfect reproduction of a work of art is lacking in one element: its presence in time and space."
"That which withers in the age of mechanical reproduction is the aura of the work of art."