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WALTER benjamin .

by EVELINA ekstrand. WALTER benjamin . ART is REPRODUCABLE . MAN-MADE artifacts could always be imitated by men. p rint is merely a special, though particularly important case . During the Middle Ages ENGRAVING and etching were added to the woodcut . .

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WALTER benjamin .

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  1. by EVELINAekstrand WALTERbenjamin.

  2. ARTisREPRODUCABLE. MAN-MADE artifactscouldalways be imitated by men.

  3. print is merely a special, thoughparticularlyimportantcase. During the Middle Ages ENGRAVING and etchingwereadded to the woodcut.

  4. LITOGRAPHYenabledgraphic to illustrateeveryday life in newpapersbeforephotography.

  5. the eyeperceivesmoreswiftlythan the hand candraw. PICTORIALreproductioncankeeppace with speech.

  6. NEGATIVES are the originals. REproducable.

  7. RITUALISTICvalue.

  8. EXHIBITIONvalue. historicalOCURRENCEScaptured.

  9. ”the film has not yet realized its true meaning, its real possibilities… these consist in its unique faculty to express by natural means and with incomparable persuasiveness all that is fairylike, marvelous,supernatural.” FRANZwerfel progressively? reactionary?

  10. ”shakespeare, rembrandt, beethoven will make films… all legends, all mythologies and all myths, all founders of religion, and the very religions… await their exposed resurrection, and the heroes crowd each other at the gate.” ABELgance POWERFULLart.

  11. Even the mostperfectreproduction of a work of art is lacking in one element: its in time and space, itsexistence at the placewhere it happens to be. This uniqueexistence of the work of art determined the history to which it wassubjectthroughout the time of itsexistence. This includes the which it mayhavesuffered in physicalcondition over the years as well as the variouschanges in its . PRESENCE UNIQUE CHANGES OWNERSHIP

  12. the whole sphere of authenticity is outside TECHNICAL – and, of course, not only technical – REPRODUCIBILITY.

  13. ”mechanicalreproduction of art changed the reaction of the massestowards art.” WALTERbenjamin

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