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."

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