Walter Benjamin Fudan University本雅明复旦大学.pptVIP

Walter Benjamin Full name: Walter Bendix Sch?nflies Benjamin 15 July 1892 – 26 September 1940 Berlin, German Empire “Europe last intellectual” The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction ?a 1936 essay 3 script is being written The Origin Of German Tragic Drama, One Way Street * Founding Stamping Lithography Photography Founding Stamping Founding Stamping Founding Stamping Lithography Founding Stamping Lithography Founding Stamping Photography Lithography Founding Stamping Engraving, Etching? Woodcut Founding Stamping Lithography Photography bronzes, terra cottas, and coins? sound film graphic art script printing In principle a work of art has always been reproducible.? Keyword: authenticity Keyword: authenticity Keyword: authenticity The whole sphere of authenticity is outside technical – and, of course, not only technical – reproducibility. Technical Production VS Manual Production process reproduction is more independent of the original than manual reproduction can put the copy of the original into situations which would be out of reach for the original itself Keyword: aura The desire of contemporary masses to bring things “closer” spatially and humanly, which is just as ardent as their bent toward overcoming the uniqueness of every reality by accepting its reproduction. *