Mechanical Reproduction in an Age of High Art

This paper reopens the question of the place of high art in the period identified by Walter Benjamin as the age of mechanical reproduction. Walter Benjamin, Bruno Latour, and Adam Lowe are wrong to think that mechanical reproduction has transformed the concept of art, destroying the aura of art or...

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Main Author: Chris Barker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Contemporary Aesthetics, Inc. 2014-01-01
Series:Contemporary Aesthetics
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Online Access:http://www.contempaesthetics.org/newvolume/pages/article.php?articleID=708