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The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
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ZeJayMan
This is a really brilliant essay. Written by Walter Benjamin 73 years ago.

Give it a bash if you can be bothered.

http://design.wishiewashie.com/HT5/...heWorkofArt.pdf
MrJiveBoJingles
Sometimes I wonder whether those early twentieth century folks who, like Benjamin, argued in favor of the proletarianization of art and media, would have been pleased with the eventual results.
nefardec
yes, it's really good. i remember reading that freshman year of college for art history
MrJiveBoJingles
For a Marxist aesthetician with entirely different views, check out Theodor Adorno. :p
mezzir
fantastic, and amazingly important work imo

also as a good follow up check out guy debord's Society of the Spectacle. Also very old but eerily relevant
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