The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction /

By: Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Series: Penguin great ideasPublication details: London : Penguin, 2008Description: 128 p. : illISBN: 9780141036199 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Mass media | Aesthetics | Arts and society | Art and technology | Art -- Reproduction | Art and DesignDDC classification: 700.1 Summary: One of the most important works of cultural theory ever written, Walter Benjamin's groundbreaking essay explores how the age of mass media means audiences can listen to or see a work of art repeatedly - and what the troubling social and political implications of this are.
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One of the most important works of cultural theory ever written, Walter Benjamin's groundbreaking essay explores how the age of mass media means audiences can listen to or see a work of art repeatedly - and what the troubling social and political implications of this are.

Translated from the German.