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by EVELINA ekstrand. WALTER benjamin . ART is REPRODUCABLE . MAN-MADE artifacts could always be imitated by men. p rint is merely a special, though particularly important case . During the Middle Ages ENGRAVING and etching were added to the woodcut . . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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by EVELINAekstran
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ARTisREPRODUCABLE.
MAN-MADE artifacts could always
be imitated by men.
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print is merely a sp
ecial,
though particularly
important
case. During the Mid
dle Ages
ENGRAVING and etching were
added to the woodcut
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LITOGRAPHY enabled graphic to illustrate
everyday life in newpapers before photography.
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the ey
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more
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draw.
PICTORIAL repro
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can ke
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NEGATIVES
are the originals.
REproduc
able.
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RITUALISTICvalue.
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EXHIBITIONvalue. historicalOCURRENCEScaptured.
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react
ionary?
progressively?
”the film has not yet realized itstrue meaning, its realpossibilities…these consist in its uniquefaculty to express bynatural means and withincomparablepersuasiveness allthat is fairylike,marvelous,supernatural.” FRANZwerfel
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”shakespeare, rembrandt, beethoven will make films… all legends,
all mythologies and all myths, all founders of religion, and the
very religions… await their exposed resurrection, and the heroes
crowd each other at the gate.”ABELgance
P
OWERFULLart.
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PRESENCE UNIQUE
CHANGES OWNERSHIP
Even the most perfect reproduction of a work of art is lacking in one element: its in time and space, its existence at the place where it happens to be. This unique existence of the work of art determined the history to which it was subject throughout the time of its existence. This includes the which it may have suffered in physical condition over the years as well as the various changes in its .
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the whole sphere of authenticity is outs
ide
TECHNICAL – and, of course, not only technical –
REPRODUCIBILITY.
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”mechanical reproduction of art changed the reaction of the masses towards art.”WALTERbenjamin