Walter Benjamin: The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

An introduction to the art critic Walter Benjamin and his most influential essay, the Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. Including David Douglas's the Work of Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction.

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Sources:

Uwe Steiner, Walter Benjamin: An Introduction to his Thought and Work (especially the introduction)

Walter Benjamin, the Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

David Ferris, The Cambridge Introduction toe Walter Benjamin

David Douglas, The Work of Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction