An introduction to the art critic Walter Benjamin and his most influential essay, the Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. Including David Douglas's the Work of Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction.
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'Servant of Two Masters'
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Sources:
Uwe Steiner, Walter Benjamin: An Introduction to his Thought and Work (especially the introduction)
Walter Benjamin, the Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
David Ferris, The Cambridge Introduction toe Walter Benjamin
David Douglas, The Work of Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction