cultural studies chapter 2 the work of art
TRANSCRIPT
CULTURAL STUDIES CHAPTER 2 THE WORK OF THE ART IN THE AGE OF MECHANICALREPRODUCTIONWalter Benjamin
Mary Fattor
BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO CULTURE THEORY
bull 19th century since the Marxism movement began the word ldquoculturerdquo is connoted as political
bull Domination-assuring rule of one class over the other and resistance to domination
bull Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer (Dialectic of Enlightenment)-mass culture-television radio film cheap paperbacks another form of domination way for capitalism to offer gratification to people condemned to lives of work
WALTER BENJAMIN
bull Birth Berlin 15 July 1892 to a wealthy family
bull German Jew
bull Der Anfang (The Beginning)-magazine that published poems and prose on the subject of a new religiosity and the questions of youth Wrote Essays such as laquo Sleeping Beauty raquo 1911
bull 1912-Albert Ludwigs University of Friedburg im Breisgau-Philology amp Philosophy
bull Oct 1912-studies at Royal Wilheim Friedrich University in Berlin
-Introduced to ZionismndashZionism-formation of Jewish state
bull 1915-evaded WWI He was deferred twice
bull 1919-University of Berne-dissertation on The Concept of Criticism in GermanRomanticism
bull He wrote an essay on a study of two poems by Fredrich Hoderlin
bull Process of translation Baudelaire poems such as Tableaux Parisiens
bull Died committed suicide in Port Bau-26 September 1940
-Leslie 23 24263332
-Ferris 5 8 215
THE WORK OF ART IN THE AGE OF MECHANICAL
REPRODUCTIONbull 1935 essay
bull Author Walter Benjamin argues for a connection betweenchanges in the technology of culture
bull 1) revolution of film (slow motion) photography (close up)
bull 2)changes in consciousness
bull -Facism
bull -Futurists
TERMS
bull Futurist= right-wing cultural group that thought war was an aestheticexperience Someone who studies social political and technicaldevelopments to understand what may happen in the future
bull Unique existence= the history amp time that the work of art was completed
bull Fascism=political system based on a very powerful leader state control of social and economic life and extreme pride in country and race with no expression of political disagreement allowed
bull laquo Aura raquo = that which withers in the age of mechanical reproduction
bull laquo pure raquo art = denied social function of art laquo Stephane Mallarmeacute raquo
bull Benjamin 1235 1236 Cambridge dictionary Poetry Foundation
MANUALREPRODUCTION
bull Connotated with forgery
bull Original-kept all of the artrsquos discernable features
bull Process reproduction- a new work of art rather than manualreproduction-staying the same
bull EX digital photography photo is dark with natural lighting process reproduction can help discern what is hidden
TECHNOLOGICALREPRODUCTION
bull 1900- EPIPHANY in technology
bull Capacity to reproduce all art
bull Change in impact upon public
bull Considered another form of art
-(Benjamin 1235)
TECHNOLOGICALREPRESENTATION
laquo easy accessibility of postcard representations of laquo great art raquo illustrations in books and magazines posters copies that could beacquired held in the hand cut out and incorporated into viewerrsquosenvironment raquo (161)
----Technology replaces the laquo human touch raquo to the work of art
MYSTERIOUSMONA LISAportrait 1503 in Florence (16th century) Portrait of Lisa Gherardini wife of Francesco del Giocondo
-Louvre 1797
perfect reproduction of a work of art
bull lacking in one element presencein time and space unique existence of the work of art determined history to which itwas subject throughout includes
-Physicality varnishes haze
-Ownerships
-Copies 17th 18th 19th century
Benjamin 1235(Huffington Post Culture) Louvre Website
FILM AND POLITICS
laquo with regard to the screen critical and receptive attitudes of the public coincide raquo
laquo The individual reactions are predetermined by the massaudience response they are about to produce and this is nowheremore pronounced than in the film
-Benjamin 1237
ART OF FILM AND POLITICS
bull Renewal of mankind
bull Connected with contemporary mass movements
bull -Fascism
EX An audience watches a comedy film
-funny scene
-to laugh or not to laugh
-laugh-support
-not laugh-rebelious expression of disagreement
FASCISM
bull The political movement seeks to give the masses a chance to express themselves but at the same time preserving the property
bull Aesthetic function in war only choice for mass movements Warmakes it possible to mobilize todayrsquos technical resources whilemaintaining the property system
bull Filippo Tomnaso Marinetti-Ethiopian colonial war
bull Benjamin 1239
AESTHETICS OF WAR
bull Imperialistic warefare-rebellion of technology that collects ldquohuman materialrdquo
bull Experience self-alienation its own self-destruction as an aesthetic pleasure This is what fascism sees in the aesthetics of war
SUMMARY
bull Function of art changes with the appearances of technology-based art forms such as photography cinema
bull Art is no longer appreciated in same manner as by individual in contrast with rather received collectively by a mass audience with a political purpose
SOURCES
bull Walter Benjamin-httpsearchtbaskcomsearchAJimagejhtmlampsearchfor=walter+benjaminampp2=5EAFW5Exdm0405EYYA5Eusampn=780CE656ampss=subampst=hpampptb=22746D22-15D8-407B-B593-019381BFE66Fampsi=trackmypurchaseamptpr=sbtampimgs=1pampfilter=onampimgDetail=true
bull Benjamin Walter ldquoChapter 2 The Work of the Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction rdquo Literary Theory An Anthology 2nd ed Ed Julie Rivkin amp Michael Ryan Oxford UK Blackwell Publishing Limited 2004 1247 12481251 1252 1253 Print
bull Stephane Mallarmeacute- httpwwwpoetryfoundationorgbiostephane-mallarme
bull Mona Lisa- httpartobservedcomcategorynewslinks
bull Mona Lisa website-httpwwwlouvrefrenoeuvre-noticesmona-lisa-portrait-lisa-gherardini-wife-francesco-del-giocondo
bull Florence photo httphomemessiahedu~ar1277page3html
bull Huffington Post Culture httpwwwhuffingtonpostcom20141110famous-artworks-different_n_6101952html
bull Leslie Esther Walter Benjamin London Reaktion Books 2007 Print
bull Fascism httpdictionarycambridgeorgusdictionaryenglishfascism
bull Benjamin Andrew E Walter Benjamin and Art London Continuum 2005 Print
bull Ferris David S The Cambridge Introduction to Walter Benjamin Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2008 Print (death gruesome page)
BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO CULTURE THEORY
bull 19th century since the Marxism movement began the word ldquoculturerdquo is connoted as political
bull Domination-assuring rule of one class over the other and resistance to domination
bull Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer (Dialectic of Enlightenment)-mass culture-television radio film cheap paperbacks another form of domination way for capitalism to offer gratification to people condemned to lives of work
WALTER BENJAMIN
bull Birth Berlin 15 July 1892 to a wealthy family
bull German Jew
bull Der Anfang (The Beginning)-magazine that published poems and prose on the subject of a new religiosity and the questions of youth Wrote Essays such as laquo Sleeping Beauty raquo 1911
bull 1912-Albert Ludwigs University of Friedburg im Breisgau-Philology amp Philosophy
bull Oct 1912-studies at Royal Wilheim Friedrich University in Berlin
-Introduced to ZionismndashZionism-formation of Jewish state
bull 1915-evaded WWI He was deferred twice
bull 1919-University of Berne-dissertation on The Concept of Criticism in GermanRomanticism
bull He wrote an essay on a study of two poems by Fredrich Hoderlin
bull Process of translation Baudelaire poems such as Tableaux Parisiens
bull Died committed suicide in Port Bau-26 September 1940
-Leslie 23 24263332
-Ferris 5 8 215
THE WORK OF ART IN THE AGE OF MECHANICAL
REPRODUCTIONbull 1935 essay
bull Author Walter Benjamin argues for a connection betweenchanges in the technology of culture
bull 1) revolution of film (slow motion) photography (close up)
bull 2)changes in consciousness
bull -Facism
bull -Futurists
TERMS
bull Futurist= right-wing cultural group that thought war was an aestheticexperience Someone who studies social political and technicaldevelopments to understand what may happen in the future
bull Unique existence= the history amp time that the work of art was completed
bull Fascism=political system based on a very powerful leader state control of social and economic life and extreme pride in country and race with no expression of political disagreement allowed
bull laquo Aura raquo = that which withers in the age of mechanical reproduction
bull laquo pure raquo art = denied social function of art laquo Stephane Mallarmeacute raquo
bull Benjamin 1235 1236 Cambridge dictionary Poetry Foundation
MANUALREPRODUCTION
bull Connotated with forgery
bull Original-kept all of the artrsquos discernable features
bull Process reproduction- a new work of art rather than manualreproduction-staying the same
bull EX digital photography photo is dark with natural lighting process reproduction can help discern what is hidden
TECHNOLOGICALREPRODUCTION
bull 1900- EPIPHANY in technology
bull Capacity to reproduce all art
bull Change in impact upon public
bull Considered another form of art
-(Benjamin 1235)
TECHNOLOGICALREPRESENTATION
laquo easy accessibility of postcard representations of laquo great art raquo illustrations in books and magazines posters copies that could beacquired held in the hand cut out and incorporated into viewerrsquosenvironment raquo (161)
----Technology replaces the laquo human touch raquo to the work of art
MYSTERIOUSMONA LISAportrait 1503 in Florence (16th century) Portrait of Lisa Gherardini wife of Francesco del Giocondo
-Louvre 1797
perfect reproduction of a work of art
bull lacking in one element presencein time and space unique existence of the work of art determined history to which itwas subject throughout includes
-Physicality varnishes haze
-Ownerships
-Copies 17th 18th 19th century
Benjamin 1235(Huffington Post Culture) Louvre Website
FILM AND POLITICS
laquo with regard to the screen critical and receptive attitudes of the public coincide raquo
laquo The individual reactions are predetermined by the massaudience response they are about to produce and this is nowheremore pronounced than in the film
-Benjamin 1237
ART OF FILM AND POLITICS
bull Renewal of mankind
bull Connected with contemporary mass movements
bull -Fascism
EX An audience watches a comedy film
-funny scene
-to laugh or not to laugh
-laugh-support
-not laugh-rebelious expression of disagreement
FASCISM
bull The political movement seeks to give the masses a chance to express themselves but at the same time preserving the property
bull Aesthetic function in war only choice for mass movements Warmakes it possible to mobilize todayrsquos technical resources whilemaintaining the property system
bull Filippo Tomnaso Marinetti-Ethiopian colonial war
bull Benjamin 1239
AESTHETICS OF WAR
bull Imperialistic warefare-rebellion of technology that collects ldquohuman materialrdquo
bull Experience self-alienation its own self-destruction as an aesthetic pleasure This is what fascism sees in the aesthetics of war
SUMMARY
bull Function of art changes with the appearances of technology-based art forms such as photography cinema
bull Art is no longer appreciated in same manner as by individual in contrast with rather received collectively by a mass audience with a political purpose
SOURCES
bull Walter Benjamin-httpsearchtbaskcomsearchAJimagejhtmlampsearchfor=walter+benjaminampp2=5EAFW5Exdm0405EYYA5Eusampn=780CE656ampss=subampst=hpampptb=22746D22-15D8-407B-B593-019381BFE66Fampsi=trackmypurchaseamptpr=sbtampimgs=1pampfilter=onampimgDetail=true
bull Benjamin Walter ldquoChapter 2 The Work of the Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction rdquo Literary Theory An Anthology 2nd ed Ed Julie Rivkin amp Michael Ryan Oxford UK Blackwell Publishing Limited 2004 1247 12481251 1252 1253 Print
bull Stephane Mallarmeacute- httpwwwpoetryfoundationorgbiostephane-mallarme
bull Mona Lisa- httpartobservedcomcategorynewslinks
bull Mona Lisa website-httpwwwlouvrefrenoeuvre-noticesmona-lisa-portrait-lisa-gherardini-wife-francesco-del-giocondo
bull Florence photo httphomemessiahedu~ar1277page3html
bull Huffington Post Culture httpwwwhuffingtonpostcom20141110famous-artworks-different_n_6101952html
bull Leslie Esther Walter Benjamin London Reaktion Books 2007 Print
bull Fascism httpdictionarycambridgeorgusdictionaryenglishfascism
bull Benjamin Andrew E Walter Benjamin and Art London Continuum 2005 Print
bull Ferris David S The Cambridge Introduction to Walter Benjamin Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2008 Print (death gruesome page)
WALTER BENJAMIN
bull Birth Berlin 15 July 1892 to a wealthy family
bull German Jew
bull Der Anfang (The Beginning)-magazine that published poems and prose on the subject of a new religiosity and the questions of youth Wrote Essays such as laquo Sleeping Beauty raquo 1911
bull 1912-Albert Ludwigs University of Friedburg im Breisgau-Philology amp Philosophy
bull Oct 1912-studies at Royal Wilheim Friedrich University in Berlin
-Introduced to ZionismndashZionism-formation of Jewish state
bull 1915-evaded WWI He was deferred twice
bull 1919-University of Berne-dissertation on The Concept of Criticism in GermanRomanticism
bull He wrote an essay on a study of two poems by Fredrich Hoderlin
bull Process of translation Baudelaire poems such as Tableaux Parisiens
bull Died committed suicide in Port Bau-26 September 1940
-Leslie 23 24263332
-Ferris 5 8 215
THE WORK OF ART IN THE AGE OF MECHANICAL
REPRODUCTIONbull 1935 essay
bull Author Walter Benjamin argues for a connection betweenchanges in the technology of culture
bull 1) revolution of film (slow motion) photography (close up)
bull 2)changes in consciousness
bull -Facism
bull -Futurists
TERMS
bull Futurist= right-wing cultural group that thought war was an aestheticexperience Someone who studies social political and technicaldevelopments to understand what may happen in the future
bull Unique existence= the history amp time that the work of art was completed
bull Fascism=political system based on a very powerful leader state control of social and economic life and extreme pride in country and race with no expression of political disagreement allowed
bull laquo Aura raquo = that which withers in the age of mechanical reproduction
bull laquo pure raquo art = denied social function of art laquo Stephane Mallarmeacute raquo
bull Benjamin 1235 1236 Cambridge dictionary Poetry Foundation
MANUALREPRODUCTION
bull Connotated with forgery
bull Original-kept all of the artrsquos discernable features
bull Process reproduction- a new work of art rather than manualreproduction-staying the same
bull EX digital photography photo is dark with natural lighting process reproduction can help discern what is hidden
TECHNOLOGICALREPRODUCTION
bull 1900- EPIPHANY in technology
bull Capacity to reproduce all art
bull Change in impact upon public
bull Considered another form of art
-(Benjamin 1235)
TECHNOLOGICALREPRESENTATION
laquo easy accessibility of postcard representations of laquo great art raquo illustrations in books and magazines posters copies that could beacquired held in the hand cut out and incorporated into viewerrsquosenvironment raquo (161)
----Technology replaces the laquo human touch raquo to the work of art
MYSTERIOUSMONA LISAportrait 1503 in Florence (16th century) Portrait of Lisa Gherardini wife of Francesco del Giocondo
-Louvre 1797
perfect reproduction of a work of art
bull lacking in one element presencein time and space unique existence of the work of art determined history to which itwas subject throughout includes
-Physicality varnishes haze
-Ownerships
-Copies 17th 18th 19th century
Benjamin 1235(Huffington Post Culture) Louvre Website
FILM AND POLITICS
laquo with regard to the screen critical and receptive attitudes of the public coincide raquo
laquo The individual reactions are predetermined by the massaudience response they are about to produce and this is nowheremore pronounced than in the film
-Benjamin 1237
ART OF FILM AND POLITICS
bull Renewal of mankind
bull Connected with contemporary mass movements
bull -Fascism
EX An audience watches a comedy film
-funny scene
-to laugh or not to laugh
-laugh-support
-not laugh-rebelious expression of disagreement
FASCISM
bull The political movement seeks to give the masses a chance to express themselves but at the same time preserving the property
bull Aesthetic function in war only choice for mass movements Warmakes it possible to mobilize todayrsquos technical resources whilemaintaining the property system
bull Filippo Tomnaso Marinetti-Ethiopian colonial war
bull Benjamin 1239
AESTHETICS OF WAR
bull Imperialistic warefare-rebellion of technology that collects ldquohuman materialrdquo
bull Experience self-alienation its own self-destruction as an aesthetic pleasure This is what fascism sees in the aesthetics of war
SUMMARY
bull Function of art changes with the appearances of technology-based art forms such as photography cinema
bull Art is no longer appreciated in same manner as by individual in contrast with rather received collectively by a mass audience with a political purpose
SOURCES
bull Walter Benjamin-httpsearchtbaskcomsearchAJimagejhtmlampsearchfor=walter+benjaminampp2=5EAFW5Exdm0405EYYA5Eusampn=780CE656ampss=subampst=hpampptb=22746D22-15D8-407B-B593-019381BFE66Fampsi=trackmypurchaseamptpr=sbtampimgs=1pampfilter=onampimgDetail=true
bull Benjamin Walter ldquoChapter 2 The Work of the Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction rdquo Literary Theory An Anthology 2nd ed Ed Julie Rivkin amp Michael Ryan Oxford UK Blackwell Publishing Limited 2004 1247 12481251 1252 1253 Print
bull Stephane Mallarmeacute- httpwwwpoetryfoundationorgbiostephane-mallarme
bull Mona Lisa- httpartobservedcomcategorynewslinks
bull Mona Lisa website-httpwwwlouvrefrenoeuvre-noticesmona-lisa-portrait-lisa-gherardini-wife-francesco-del-giocondo
bull Florence photo httphomemessiahedu~ar1277page3html
bull Huffington Post Culture httpwwwhuffingtonpostcom20141110famous-artworks-different_n_6101952html
bull Leslie Esther Walter Benjamin London Reaktion Books 2007 Print
bull Fascism httpdictionarycambridgeorgusdictionaryenglishfascism
bull Benjamin Andrew E Walter Benjamin and Art London Continuum 2005 Print
bull Ferris David S The Cambridge Introduction to Walter Benjamin Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2008 Print (death gruesome page)
THE WORK OF ART IN THE AGE OF MECHANICAL
REPRODUCTIONbull 1935 essay
bull Author Walter Benjamin argues for a connection betweenchanges in the technology of culture
bull 1) revolution of film (slow motion) photography (close up)
bull 2)changes in consciousness
bull -Facism
bull -Futurists
TERMS
bull Futurist= right-wing cultural group that thought war was an aestheticexperience Someone who studies social political and technicaldevelopments to understand what may happen in the future
bull Unique existence= the history amp time that the work of art was completed
bull Fascism=political system based on a very powerful leader state control of social and economic life and extreme pride in country and race with no expression of political disagreement allowed
bull laquo Aura raquo = that which withers in the age of mechanical reproduction
bull laquo pure raquo art = denied social function of art laquo Stephane Mallarmeacute raquo
bull Benjamin 1235 1236 Cambridge dictionary Poetry Foundation
MANUALREPRODUCTION
bull Connotated with forgery
bull Original-kept all of the artrsquos discernable features
bull Process reproduction- a new work of art rather than manualreproduction-staying the same
bull EX digital photography photo is dark with natural lighting process reproduction can help discern what is hidden
TECHNOLOGICALREPRODUCTION
bull 1900- EPIPHANY in technology
bull Capacity to reproduce all art
bull Change in impact upon public
bull Considered another form of art
-(Benjamin 1235)
TECHNOLOGICALREPRESENTATION
laquo easy accessibility of postcard representations of laquo great art raquo illustrations in books and magazines posters copies that could beacquired held in the hand cut out and incorporated into viewerrsquosenvironment raquo (161)
----Technology replaces the laquo human touch raquo to the work of art
MYSTERIOUSMONA LISAportrait 1503 in Florence (16th century) Portrait of Lisa Gherardini wife of Francesco del Giocondo
-Louvre 1797
perfect reproduction of a work of art
bull lacking in one element presencein time and space unique existence of the work of art determined history to which itwas subject throughout includes
-Physicality varnishes haze
-Ownerships
-Copies 17th 18th 19th century
Benjamin 1235(Huffington Post Culture) Louvre Website
FILM AND POLITICS
laquo with regard to the screen critical and receptive attitudes of the public coincide raquo
laquo The individual reactions are predetermined by the massaudience response they are about to produce and this is nowheremore pronounced than in the film
-Benjamin 1237
ART OF FILM AND POLITICS
bull Renewal of mankind
bull Connected with contemporary mass movements
bull -Fascism
EX An audience watches a comedy film
-funny scene
-to laugh or not to laugh
-laugh-support
-not laugh-rebelious expression of disagreement
FASCISM
bull The political movement seeks to give the masses a chance to express themselves but at the same time preserving the property
bull Aesthetic function in war only choice for mass movements Warmakes it possible to mobilize todayrsquos technical resources whilemaintaining the property system
bull Filippo Tomnaso Marinetti-Ethiopian colonial war
bull Benjamin 1239
AESTHETICS OF WAR
bull Imperialistic warefare-rebellion of technology that collects ldquohuman materialrdquo
bull Experience self-alienation its own self-destruction as an aesthetic pleasure This is what fascism sees in the aesthetics of war
SUMMARY
bull Function of art changes with the appearances of technology-based art forms such as photography cinema
bull Art is no longer appreciated in same manner as by individual in contrast with rather received collectively by a mass audience with a political purpose
SOURCES
bull Walter Benjamin-httpsearchtbaskcomsearchAJimagejhtmlampsearchfor=walter+benjaminampp2=5EAFW5Exdm0405EYYA5Eusampn=780CE656ampss=subampst=hpampptb=22746D22-15D8-407B-B593-019381BFE66Fampsi=trackmypurchaseamptpr=sbtampimgs=1pampfilter=onampimgDetail=true
bull Benjamin Walter ldquoChapter 2 The Work of the Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction rdquo Literary Theory An Anthology 2nd ed Ed Julie Rivkin amp Michael Ryan Oxford UK Blackwell Publishing Limited 2004 1247 12481251 1252 1253 Print
bull Stephane Mallarmeacute- httpwwwpoetryfoundationorgbiostephane-mallarme
bull Mona Lisa- httpartobservedcomcategorynewslinks
bull Mona Lisa website-httpwwwlouvrefrenoeuvre-noticesmona-lisa-portrait-lisa-gherardini-wife-francesco-del-giocondo
bull Florence photo httphomemessiahedu~ar1277page3html
bull Huffington Post Culture httpwwwhuffingtonpostcom20141110famous-artworks-different_n_6101952html
bull Leslie Esther Walter Benjamin London Reaktion Books 2007 Print
bull Fascism httpdictionarycambridgeorgusdictionaryenglishfascism
bull Benjamin Andrew E Walter Benjamin and Art London Continuum 2005 Print
bull Ferris David S The Cambridge Introduction to Walter Benjamin Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2008 Print (death gruesome page)
TERMS
bull Futurist= right-wing cultural group that thought war was an aestheticexperience Someone who studies social political and technicaldevelopments to understand what may happen in the future
bull Unique existence= the history amp time that the work of art was completed
bull Fascism=political system based on a very powerful leader state control of social and economic life and extreme pride in country and race with no expression of political disagreement allowed
bull laquo Aura raquo = that which withers in the age of mechanical reproduction
bull laquo pure raquo art = denied social function of art laquo Stephane Mallarmeacute raquo
bull Benjamin 1235 1236 Cambridge dictionary Poetry Foundation
MANUALREPRODUCTION
bull Connotated with forgery
bull Original-kept all of the artrsquos discernable features
bull Process reproduction- a new work of art rather than manualreproduction-staying the same
bull EX digital photography photo is dark with natural lighting process reproduction can help discern what is hidden
TECHNOLOGICALREPRODUCTION
bull 1900- EPIPHANY in technology
bull Capacity to reproduce all art
bull Change in impact upon public
bull Considered another form of art
-(Benjamin 1235)
TECHNOLOGICALREPRESENTATION
laquo easy accessibility of postcard representations of laquo great art raquo illustrations in books and magazines posters copies that could beacquired held in the hand cut out and incorporated into viewerrsquosenvironment raquo (161)
----Technology replaces the laquo human touch raquo to the work of art
MYSTERIOUSMONA LISAportrait 1503 in Florence (16th century) Portrait of Lisa Gherardini wife of Francesco del Giocondo
-Louvre 1797
perfect reproduction of a work of art
bull lacking in one element presencein time and space unique existence of the work of art determined history to which itwas subject throughout includes
-Physicality varnishes haze
-Ownerships
-Copies 17th 18th 19th century
Benjamin 1235(Huffington Post Culture) Louvre Website
FILM AND POLITICS
laquo with regard to the screen critical and receptive attitudes of the public coincide raquo
laquo The individual reactions are predetermined by the massaudience response they are about to produce and this is nowheremore pronounced than in the film
-Benjamin 1237
ART OF FILM AND POLITICS
bull Renewal of mankind
bull Connected with contemporary mass movements
bull -Fascism
EX An audience watches a comedy film
-funny scene
-to laugh or not to laugh
-laugh-support
-not laugh-rebelious expression of disagreement
FASCISM
bull The political movement seeks to give the masses a chance to express themselves but at the same time preserving the property
bull Aesthetic function in war only choice for mass movements Warmakes it possible to mobilize todayrsquos technical resources whilemaintaining the property system
bull Filippo Tomnaso Marinetti-Ethiopian colonial war
bull Benjamin 1239
AESTHETICS OF WAR
bull Imperialistic warefare-rebellion of technology that collects ldquohuman materialrdquo
bull Experience self-alienation its own self-destruction as an aesthetic pleasure This is what fascism sees in the aesthetics of war
SUMMARY
bull Function of art changes with the appearances of technology-based art forms such as photography cinema
bull Art is no longer appreciated in same manner as by individual in contrast with rather received collectively by a mass audience with a political purpose
SOURCES
bull Walter Benjamin-httpsearchtbaskcomsearchAJimagejhtmlampsearchfor=walter+benjaminampp2=5EAFW5Exdm0405EYYA5Eusampn=780CE656ampss=subampst=hpampptb=22746D22-15D8-407B-B593-019381BFE66Fampsi=trackmypurchaseamptpr=sbtampimgs=1pampfilter=onampimgDetail=true
bull Benjamin Walter ldquoChapter 2 The Work of the Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction rdquo Literary Theory An Anthology 2nd ed Ed Julie Rivkin amp Michael Ryan Oxford UK Blackwell Publishing Limited 2004 1247 12481251 1252 1253 Print
bull Stephane Mallarmeacute- httpwwwpoetryfoundationorgbiostephane-mallarme
bull Mona Lisa- httpartobservedcomcategorynewslinks
bull Mona Lisa website-httpwwwlouvrefrenoeuvre-noticesmona-lisa-portrait-lisa-gherardini-wife-francesco-del-giocondo
bull Florence photo httphomemessiahedu~ar1277page3html
bull Huffington Post Culture httpwwwhuffingtonpostcom20141110famous-artworks-different_n_6101952html
bull Leslie Esther Walter Benjamin London Reaktion Books 2007 Print
bull Fascism httpdictionarycambridgeorgusdictionaryenglishfascism
bull Benjamin Andrew E Walter Benjamin and Art London Continuum 2005 Print
bull Ferris David S The Cambridge Introduction to Walter Benjamin Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2008 Print (death gruesome page)
MANUALREPRODUCTION
bull Connotated with forgery
bull Original-kept all of the artrsquos discernable features
bull Process reproduction- a new work of art rather than manualreproduction-staying the same
bull EX digital photography photo is dark with natural lighting process reproduction can help discern what is hidden
TECHNOLOGICALREPRODUCTION
bull 1900- EPIPHANY in technology
bull Capacity to reproduce all art
bull Change in impact upon public
bull Considered another form of art
-(Benjamin 1235)
TECHNOLOGICALREPRESENTATION
laquo easy accessibility of postcard representations of laquo great art raquo illustrations in books and magazines posters copies that could beacquired held in the hand cut out and incorporated into viewerrsquosenvironment raquo (161)
----Technology replaces the laquo human touch raquo to the work of art
MYSTERIOUSMONA LISAportrait 1503 in Florence (16th century) Portrait of Lisa Gherardini wife of Francesco del Giocondo
-Louvre 1797
perfect reproduction of a work of art
bull lacking in one element presencein time and space unique existence of the work of art determined history to which itwas subject throughout includes
-Physicality varnishes haze
-Ownerships
-Copies 17th 18th 19th century
Benjamin 1235(Huffington Post Culture) Louvre Website
FILM AND POLITICS
laquo with regard to the screen critical and receptive attitudes of the public coincide raquo
laquo The individual reactions are predetermined by the massaudience response they are about to produce and this is nowheremore pronounced than in the film
-Benjamin 1237
ART OF FILM AND POLITICS
bull Renewal of mankind
bull Connected with contemporary mass movements
bull -Fascism
EX An audience watches a comedy film
-funny scene
-to laugh or not to laugh
-laugh-support
-not laugh-rebelious expression of disagreement
FASCISM
bull The political movement seeks to give the masses a chance to express themselves but at the same time preserving the property
bull Aesthetic function in war only choice for mass movements Warmakes it possible to mobilize todayrsquos technical resources whilemaintaining the property system
bull Filippo Tomnaso Marinetti-Ethiopian colonial war
bull Benjamin 1239
AESTHETICS OF WAR
bull Imperialistic warefare-rebellion of technology that collects ldquohuman materialrdquo
bull Experience self-alienation its own self-destruction as an aesthetic pleasure This is what fascism sees in the aesthetics of war
SUMMARY
bull Function of art changes with the appearances of technology-based art forms such as photography cinema
bull Art is no longer appreciated in same manner as by individual in contrast with rather received collectively by a mass audience with a political purpose
SOURCES
bull Walter Benjamin-httpsearchtbaskcomsearchAJimagejhtmlampsearchfor=walter+benjaminampp2=5EAFW5Exdm0405EYYA5Eusampn=780CE656ampss=subampst=hpampptb=22746D22-15D8-407B-B593-019381BFE66Fampsi=trackmypurchaseamptpr=sbtampimgs=1pampfilter=onampimgDetail=true
bull Benjamin Walter ldquoChapter 2 The Work of the Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction rdquo Literary Theory An Anthology 2nd ed Ed Julie Rivkin amp Michael Ryan Oxford UK Blackwell Publishing Limited 2004 1247 12481251 1252 1253 Print
bull Stephane Mallarmeacute- httpwwwpoetryfoundationorgbiostephane-mallarme
bull Mona Lisa- httpartobservedcomcategorynewslinks
bull Mona Lisa website-httpwwwlouvrefrenoeuvre-noticesmona-lisa-portrait-lisa-gherardini-wife-francesco-del-giocondo
bull Florence photo httphomemessiahedu~ar1277page3html
bull Huffington Post Culture httpwwwhuffingtonpostcom20141110famous-artworks-different_n_6101952html
bull Leslie Esther Walter Benjamin London Reaktion Books 2007 Print
bull Fascism httpdictionarycambridgeorgusdictionaryenglishfascism
bull Benjamin Andrew E Walter Benjamin and Art London Continuum 2005 Print
bull Ferris David S The Cambridge Introduction to Walter Benjamin Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2008 Print (death gruesome page)
TECHNOLOGICALREPRODUCTION
bull 1900- EPIPHANY in technology
bull Capacity to reproduce all art
bull Change in impact upon public
bull Considered another form of art
-(Benjamin 1235)
TECHNOLOGICALREPRESENTATION
laquo easy accessibility of postcard representations of laquo great art raquo illustrations in books and magazines posters copies that could beacquired held in the hand cut out and incorporated into viewerrsquosenvironment raquo (161)
----Technology replaces the laquo human touch raquo to the work of art
MYSTERIOUSMONA LISAportrait 1503 in Florence (16th century) Portrait of Lisa Gherardini wife of Francesco del Giocondo
-Louvre 1797
perfect reproduction of a work of art
bull lacking in one element presencein time and space unique existence of the work of art determined history to which itwas subject throughout includes
-Physicality varnishes haze
-Ownerships
-Copies 17th 18th 19th century
Benjamin 1235(Huffington Post Culture) Louvre Website
FILM AND POLITICS
laquo with regard to the screen critical and receptive attitudes of the public coincide raquo
laquo The individual reactions are predetermined by the massaudience response they are about to produce and this is nowheremore pronounced than in the film
-Benjamin 1237
ART OF FILM AND POLITICS
bull Renewal of mankind
bull Connected with contemporary mass movements
bull -Fascism
EX An audience watches a comedy film
-funny scene
-to laugh or not to laugh
-laugh-support
-not laugh-rebelious expression of disagreement
FASCISM
bull The political movement seeks to give the masses a chance to express themselves but at the same time preserving the property
bull Aesthetic function in war only choice for mass movements Warmakes it possible to mobilize todayrsquos technical resources whilemaintaining the property system
bull Filippo Tomnaso Marinetti-Ethiopian colonial war
bull Benjamin 1239
AESTHETICS OF WAR
bull Imperialistic warefare-rebellion of technology that collects ldquohuman materialrdquo
bull Experience self-alienation its own self-destruction as an aesthetic pleasure This is what fascism sees in the aesthetics of war
SUMMARY
bull Function of art changes with the appearances of technology-based art forms such as photography cinema
bull Art is no longer appreciated in same manner as by individual in contrast with rather received collectively by a mass audience with a political purpose
SOURCES
bull Walter Benjamin-httpsearchtbaskcomsearchAJimagejhtmlampsearchfor=walter+benjaminampp2=5EAFW5Exdm0405EYYA5Eusampn=780CE656ampss=subampst=hpampptb=22746D22-15D8-407B-B593-019381BFE66Fampsi=trackmypurchaseamptpr=sbtampimgs=1pampfilter=onampimgDetail=true
bull Benjamin Walter ldquoChapter 2 The Work of the Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction rdquo Literary Theory An Anthology 2nd ed Ed Julie Rivkin amp Michael Ryan Oxford UK Blackwell Publishing Limited 2004 1247 12481251 1252 1253 Print
bull Stephane Mallarmeacute- httpwwwpoetryfoundationorgbiostephane-mallarme
bull Mona Lisa- httpartobservedcomcategorynewslinks
bull Mona Lisa website-httpwwwlouvrefrenoeuvre-noticesmona-lisa-portrait-lisa-gherardini-wife-francesco-del-giocondo
bull Florence photo httphomemessiahedu~ar1277page3html
bull Huffington Post Culture httpwwwhuffingtonpostcom20141110famous-artworks-different_n_6101952html
bull Leslie Esther Walter Benjamin London Reaktion Books 2007 Print
bull Fascism httpdictionarycambridgeorgusdictionaryenglishfascism
bull Benjamin Andrew E Walter Benjamin and Art London Continuum 2005 Print
bull Ferris David S The Cambridge Introduction to Walter Benjamin Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2008 Print (death gruesome page)
TECHNOLOGICALREPRESENTATION
laquo easy accessibility of postcard representations of laquo great art raquo illustrations in books and magazines posters copies that could beacquired held in the hand cut out and incorporated into viewerrsquosenvironment raquo (161)
----Technology replaces the laquo human touch raquo to the work of art
MYSTERIOUSMONA LISAportrait 1503 in Florence (16th century) Portrait of Lisa Gherardini wife of Francesco del Giocondo
-Louvre 1797
perfect reproduction of a work of art
bull lacking in one element presencein time and space unique existence of the work of art determined history to which itwas subject throughout includes
-Physicality varnishes haze
-Ownerships
-Copies 17th 18th 19th century
Benjamin 1235(Huffington Post Culture) Louvre Website
FILM AND POLITICS
laquo with regard to the screen critical and receptive attitudes of the public coincide raquo
laquo The individual reactions are predetermined by the massaudience response they are about to produce and this is nowheremore pronounced than in the film
-Benjamin 1237
ART OF FILM AND POLITICS
bull Renewal of mankind
bull Connected with contemporary mass movements
bull -Fascism
EX An audience watches a comedy film
-funny scene
-to laugh or not to laugh
-laugh-support
-not laugh-rebelious expression of disagreement
FASCISM
bull The political movement seeks to give the masses a chance to express themselves but at the same time preserving the property
bull Aesthetic function in war only choice for mass movements Warmakes it possible to mobilize todayrsquos technical resources whilemaintaining the property system
bull Filippo Tomnaso Marinetti-Ethiopian colonial war
bull Benjamin 1239
AESTHETICS OF WAR
bull Imperialistic warefare-rebellion of technology that collects ldquohuman materialrdquo
bull Experience self-alienation its own self-destruction as an aesthetic pleasure This is what fascism sees in the aesthetics of war
SUMMARY
bull Function of art changes with the appearances of technology-based art forms such as photography cinema
bull Art is no longer appreciated in same manner as by individual in contrast with rather received collectively by a mass audience with a political purpose
SOURCES
bull Walter Benjamin-httpsearchtbaskcomsearchAJimagejhtmlampsearchfor=walter+benjaminampp2=5EAFW5Exdm0405EYYA5Eusampn=780CE656ampss=subampst=hpampptb=22746D22-15D8-407B-B593-019381BFE66Fampsi=trackmypurchaseamptpr=sbtampimgs=1pampfilter=onampimgDetail=true
bull Benjamin Walter ldquoChapter 2 The Work of the Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction rdquo Literary Theory An Anthology 2nd ed Ed Julie Rivkin amp Michael Ryan Oxford UK Blackwell Publishing Limited 2004 1247 12481251 1252 1253 Print
bull Stephane Mallarmeacute- httpwwwpoetryfoundationorgbiostephane-mallarme
bull Mona Lisa- httpartobservedcomcategorynewslinks
bull Mona Lisa website-httpwwwlouvrefrenoeuvre-noticesmona-lisa-portrait-lisa-gherardini-wife-francesco-del-giocondo
bull Florence photo httphomemessiahedu~ar1277page3html
bull Huffington Post Culture httpwwwhuffingtonpostcom20141110famous-artworks-different_n_6101952html
bull Leslie Esther Walter Benjamin London Reaktion Books 2007 Print
bull Fascism httpdictionarycambridgeorgusdictionaryenglishfascism
bull Benjamin Andrew E Walter Benjamin and Art London Continuum 2005 Print
bull Ferris David S The Cambridge Introduction to Walter Benjamin Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2008 Print (death gruesome page)
MYSTERIOUSMONA LISAportrait 1503 in Florence (16th century) Portrait of Lisa Gherardini wife of Francesco del Giocondo
-Louvre 1797
perfect reproduction of a work of art
bull lacking in one element presencein time and space unique existence of the work of art determined history to which itwas subject throughout includes
-Physicality varnishes haze
-Ownerships
-Copies 17th 18th 19th century
Benjamin 1235(Huffington Post Culture) Louvre Website
FILM AND POLITICS
laquo with regard to the screen critical and receptive attitudes of the public coincide raquo
laquo The individual reactions are predetermined by the massaudience response they are about to produce and this is nowheremore pronounced than in the film
-Benjamin 1237
ART OF FILM AND POLITICS
bull Renewal of mankind
bull Connected with contemporary mass movements
bull -Fascism
EX An audience watches a comedy film
-funny scene
-to laugh or not to laugh
-laugh-support
-not laugh-rebelious expression of disagreement
FASCISM
bull The political movement seeks to give the masses a chance to express themselves but at the same time preserving the property
bull Aesthetic function in war only choice for mass movements Warmakes it possible to mobilize todayrsquos technical resources whilemaintaining the property system
bull Filippo Tomnaso Marinetti-Ethiopian colonial war
bull Benjamin 1239
AESTHETICS OF WAR
bull Imperialistic warefare-rebellion of technology that collects ldquohuman materialrdquo
bull Experience self-alienation its own self-destruction as an aesthetic pleasure This is what fascism sees in the aesthetics of war
SUMMARY
bull Function of art changes with the appearances of technology-based art forms such as photography cinema
bull Art is no longer appreciated in same manner as by individual in contrast with rather received collectively by a mass audience with a political purpose
SOURCES
bull Walter Benjamin-httpsearchtbaskcomsearchAJimagejhtmlampsearchfor=walter+benjaminampp2=5EAFW5Exdm0405EYYA5Eusampn=780CE656ampss=subampst=hpampptb=22746D22-15D8-407B-B593-019381BFE66Fampsi=trackmypurchaseamptpr=sbtampimgs=1pampfilter=onampimgDetail=true
bull Benjamin Walter ldquoChapter 2 The Work of the Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction rdquo Literary Theory An Anthology 2nd ed Ed Julie Rivkin amp Michael Ryan Oxford UK Blackwell Publishing Limited 2004 1247 12481251 1252 1253 Print
bull Stephane Mallarmeacute- httpwwwpoetryfoundationorgbiostephane-mallarme
bull Mona Lisa- httpartobservedcomcategorynewslinks
bull Mona Lisa website-httpwwwlouvrefrenoeuvre-noticesmona-lisa-portrait-lisa-gherardini-wife-francesco-del-giocondo
bull Florence photo httphomemessiahedu~ar1277page3html
bull Huffington Post Culture httpwwwhuffingtonpostcom20141110famous-artworks-different_n_6101952html
bull Leslie Esther Walter Benjamin London Reaktion Books 2007 Print
bull Fascism httpdictionarycambridgeorgusdictionaryenglishfascism
bull Benjamin Andrew E Walter Benjamin and Art London Continuum 2005 Print
bull Ferris David S The Cambridge Introduction to Walter Benjamin Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2008 Print (death gruesome page)
FILM AND POLITICS
laquo with regard to the screen critical and receptive attitudes of the public coincide raquo
laquo The individual reactions are predetermined by the massaudience response they are about to produce and this is nowheremore pronounced than in the film
-Benjamin 1237
ART OF FILM AND POLITICS
bull Renewal of mankind
bull Connected with contemporary mass movements
bull -Fascism
EX An audience watches a comedy film
-funny scene
-to laugh or not to laugh
-laugh-support
-not laugh-rebelious expression of disagreement
FASCISM
bull The political movement seeks to give the masses a chance to express themselves but at the same time preserving the property
bull Aesthetic function in war only choice for mass movements Warmakes it possible to mobilize todayrsquos technical resources whilemaintaining the property system
bull Filippo Tomnaso Marinetti-Ethiopian colonial war
bull Benjamin 1239
AESTHETICS OF WAR
bull Imperialistic warefare-rebellion of technology that collects ldquohuman materialrdquo
bull Experience self-alienation its own self-destruction as an aesthetic pleasure This is what fascism sees in the aesthetics of war
SUMMARY
bull Function of art changes with the appearances of technology-based art forms such as photography cinema
bull Art is no longer appreciated in same manner as by individual in contrast with rather received collectively by a mass audience with a political purpose
SOURCES
bull Walter Benjamin-httpsearchtbaskcomsearchAJimagejhtmlampsearchfor=walter+benjaminampp2=5EAFW5Exdm0405EYYA5Eusampn=780CE656ampss=subampst=hpampptb=22746D22-15D8-407B-B593-019381BFE66Fampsi=trackmypurchaseamptpr=sbtampimgs=1pampfilter=onampimgDetail=true
bull Benjamin Walter ldquoChapter 2 The Work of the Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction rdquo Literary Theory An Anthology 2nd ed Ed Julie Rivkin amp Michael Ryan Oxford UK Blackwell Publishing Limited 2004 1247 12481251 1252 1253 Print
bull Stephane Mallarmeacute- httpwwwpoetryfoundationorgbiostephane-mallarme
bull Mona Lisa- httpartobservedcomcategorynewslinks
bull Mona Lisa website-httpwwwlouvrefrenoeuvre-noticesmona-lisa-portrait-lisa-gherardini-wife-francesco-del-giocondo
bull Florence photo httphomemessiahedu~ar1277page3html
bull Huffington Post Culture httpwwwhuffingtonpostcom20141110famous-artworks-different_n_6101952html
bull Leslie Esther Walter Benjamin London Reaktion Books 2007 Print
bull Fascism httpdictionarycambridgeorgusdictionaryenglishfascism
bull Benjamin Andrew E Walter Benjamin and Art London Continuum 2005 Print
bull Ferris David S The Cambridge Introduction to Walter Benjamin Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2008 Print (death gruesome page)
ART OF FILM AND POLITICS
bull Renewal of mankind
bull Connected with contemporary mass movements
bull -Fascism
EX An audience watches a comedy film
-funny scene
-to laugh or not to laugh
-laugh-support
-not laugh-rebelious expression of disagreement
FASCISM
bull The political movement seeks to give the masses a chance to express themselves but at the same time preserving the property
bull Aesthetic function in war only choice for mass movements Warmakes it possible to mobilize todayrsquos technical resources whilemaintaining the property system
bull Filippo Tomnaso Marinetti-Ethiopian colonial war
bull Benjamin 1239
AESTHETICS OF WAR
bull Imperialistic warefare-rebellion of technology that collects ldquohuman materialrdquo
bull Experience self-alienation its own self-destruction as an aesthetic pleasure This is what fascism sees in the aesthetics of war
SUMMARY
bull Function of art changes with the appearances of technology-based art forms such as photography cinema
bull Art is no longer appreciated in same manner as by individual in contrast with rather received collectively by a mass audience with a political purpose
SOURCES
bull Walter Benjamin-httpsearchtbaskcomsearchAJimagejhtmlampsearchfor=walter+benjaminampp2=5EAFW5Exdm0405EYYA5Eusampn=780CE656ampss=subampst=hpampptb=22746D22-15D8-407B-B593-019381BFE66Fampsi=trackmypurchaseamptpr=sbtampimgs=1pampfilter=onampimgDetail=true
bull Benjamin Walter ldquoChapter 2 The Work of the Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction rdquo Literary Theory An Anthology 2nd ed Ed Julie Rivkin amp Michael Ryan Oxford UK Blackwell Publishing Limited 2004 1247 12481251 1252 1253 Print
bull Stephane Mallarmeacute- httpwwwpoetryfoundationorgbiostephane-mallarme
bull Mona Lisa- httpartobservedcomcategorynewslinks
bull Mona Lisa website-httpwwwlouvrefrenoeuvre-noticesmona-lisa-portrait-lisa-gherardini-wife-francesco-del-giocondo
bull Florence photo httphomemessiahedu~ar1277page3html
bull Huffington Post Culture httpwwwhuffingtonpostcom20141110famous-artworks-different_n_6101952html
bull Leslie Esther Walter Benjamin London Reaktion Books 2007 Print
bull Fascism httpdictionarycambridgeorgusdictionaryenglishfascism
bull Benjamin Andrew E Walter Benjamin and Art London Continuum 2005 Print
bull Ferris David S The Cambridge Introduction to Walter Benjamin Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2008 Print (death gruesome page)
FASCISM
bull The political movement seeks to give the masses a chance to express themselves but at the same time preserving the property
bull Aesthetic function in war only choice for mass movements Warmakes it possible to mobilize todayrsquos technical resources whilemaintaining the property system
bull Filippo Tomnaso Marinetti-Ethiopian colonial war
bull Benjamin 1239
AESTHETICS OF WAR
bull Imperialistic warefare-rebellion of technology that collects ldquohuman materialrdquo
bull Experience self-alienation its own self-destruction as an aesthetic pleasure This is what fascism sees in the aesthetics of war
SUMMARY
bull Function of art changes with the appearances of technology-based art forms such as photography cinema
bull Art is no longer appreciated in same manner as by individual in contrast with rather received collectively by a mass audience with a political purpose
SOURCES
bull Walter Benjamin-httpsearchtbaskcomsearchAJimagejhtmlampsearchfor=walter+benjaminampp2=5EAFW5Exdm0405EYYA5Eusampn=780CE656ampss=subampst=hpampptb=22746D22-15D8-407B-B593-019381BFE66Fampsi=trackmypurchaseamptpr=sbtampimgs=1pampfilter=onampimgDetail=true
bull Benjamin Walter ldquoChapter 2 The Work of the Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction rdquo Literary Theory An Anthology 2nd ed Ed Julie Rivkin amp Michael Ryan Oxford UK Blackwell Publishing Limited 2004 1247 12481251 1252 1253 Print
bull Stephane Mallarmeacute- httpwwwpoetryfoundationorgbiostephane-mallarme
bull Mona Lisa- httpartobservedcomcategorynewslinks
bull Mona Lisa website-httpwwwlouvrefrenoeuvre-noticesmona-lisa-portrait-lisa-gherardini-wife-francesco-del-giocondo
bull Florence photo httphomemessiahedu~ar1277page3html
bull Huffington Post Culture httpwwwhuffingtonpostcom20141110famous-artworks-different_n_6101952html
bull Leslie Esther Walter Benjamin London Reaktion Books 2007 Print
bull Fascism httpdictionarycambridgeorgusdictionaryenglishfascism
bull Benjamin Andrew E Walter Benjamin and Art London Continuum 2005 Print
bull Ferris David S The Cambridge Introduction to Walter Benjamin Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2008 Print (death gruesome page)
AESTHETICS OF WAR
bull Imperialistic warefare-rebellion of technology that collects ldquohuman materialrdquo
bull Experience self-alienation its own self-destruction as an aesthetic pleasure This is what fascism sees in the aesthetics of war
SUMMARY
bull Function of art changes with the appearances of technology-based art forms such as photography cinema
bull Art is no longer appreciated in same manner as by individual in contrast with rather received collectively by a mass audience with a political purpose
SOURCES
bull Walter Benjamin-httpsearchtbaskcomsearchAJimagejhtmlampsearchfor=walter+benjaminampp2=5EAFW5Exdm0405EYYA5Eusampn=780CE656ampss=subampst=hpampptb=22746D22-15D8-407B-B593-019381BFE66Fampsi=trackmypurchaseamptpr=sbtampimgs=1pampfilter=onampimgDetail=true
bull Benjamin Walter ldquoChapter 2 The Work of the Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction rdquo Literary Theory An Anthology 2nd ed Ed Julie Rivkin amp Michael Ryan Oxford UK Blackwell Publishing Limited 2004 1247 12481251 1252 1253 Print
bull Stephane Mallarmeacute- httpwwwpoetryfoundationorgbiostephane-mallarme
bull Mona Lisa- httpartobservedcomcategorynewslinks
bull Mona Lisa website-httpwwwlouvrefrenoeuvre-noticesmona-lisa-portrait-lisa-gherardini-wife-francesco-del-giocondo
bull Florence photo httphomemessiahedu~ar1277page3html
bull Huffington Post Culture httpwwwhuffingtonpostcom20141110famous-artworks-different_n_6101952html
bull Leslie Esther Walter Benjamin London Reaktion Books 2007 Print
bull Fascism httpdictionarycambridgeorgusdictionaryenglishfascism
bull Benjamin Andrew E Walter Benjamin and Art London Continuum 2005 Print
bull Ferris David S The Cambridge Introduction to Walter Benjamin Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2008 Print (death gruesome page)
SUMMARY
bull Function of art changes with the appearances of technology-based art forms such as photography cinema
bull Art is no longer appreciated in same manner as by individual in contrast with rather received collectively by a mass audience with a political purpose
SOURCES
bull Walter Benjamin-httpsearchtbaskcomsearchAJimagejhtmlampsearchfor=walter+benjaminampp2=5EAFW5Exdm0405EYYA5Eusampn=780CE656ampss=subampst=hpampptb=22746D22-15D8-407B-B593-019381BFE66Fampsi=trackmypurchaseamptpr=sbtampimgs=1pampfilter=onampimgDetail=true
bull Benjamin Walter ldquoChapter 2 The Work of the Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction rdquo Literary Theory An Anthology 2nd ed Ed Julie Rivkin amp Michael Ryan Oxford UK Blackwell Publishing Limited 2004 1247 12481251 1252 1253 Print
bull Stephane Mallarmeacute- httpwwwpoetryfoundationorgbiostephane-mallarme
bull Mona Lisa- httpartobservedcomcategorynewslinks
bull Mona Lisa website-httpwwwlouvrefrenoeuvre-noticesmona-lisa-portrait-lisa-gherardini-wife-francesco-del-giocondo
bull Florence photo httphomemessiahedu~ar1277page3html
bull Huffington Post Culture httpwwwhuffingtonpostcom20141110famous-artworks-different_n_6101952html
bull Leslie Esther Walter Benjamin London Reaktion Books 2007 Print
bull Fascism httpdictionarycambridgeorgusdictionaryenglishfascism
bull Benjamin Andrew E Walter Benjamin and Art London Continuum 2005 Print
bull Ferris David S The Cambridge Introduction to Walter Benjamin Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2008 Print (death gruesome page)
SOURCES
bull Walter Benjamin-httpsearchtbaskcomsearchAJimagejhtmlampsearchfor=walter+benjaminampp2=5EAFW5Exdm0405EYYA5Eusampn=780CE656ampss=subampst=hpampptb=22746D22-15D8-407B-B593-019381BFE66Fampsi=trackmypurchaseamptpr=sbtampimgs=1pampfilter=onampimgDetail=true
bull Benjamin Walter ldquoChapter 2 The Work of the Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction rdquo Literary Theory An Anthology 2nd ed Ed Julie Rivkin amp Michael Ryan Oxford UK Blackwell Publishing Limited 2004 1247 12481251 1252 1253 Print
bull Stephane Mallarmeacute- httpwwwpoetryfoundationorgbiostephane-mallarme
bull Mona Lisa- httpartobservedcomcategorynewslinks
bull Mona Lisa website-httpwwwlouvrefrenoeuvre-noticesmona-lisa-portrait-lisa-gherardini-wife-francesco-del-giocondo
bull Florence photo httphomemessiahedu~ar1277page3html
bull Huffington Post Culture httpwwwhuffingtonpostcom20141110famous-artworks-different_n_6101952html
bull Leslie Esther Walter Benjamin London Reaktion Books 2007 Print
bull Fascism httpdictionarycambridgeorgusdictionaryenglishfascism
bull Benjamin Andrew E Walter Benjamin and Art London Continuum 2005 Print
bull Ferris David S The Cambridge Introduction to Walter Benjamin Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2008 Print (death gruesome page)