The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction /

Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940.

The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction / Walter Benjamin ; translated by J.A. Underwood. - London : Penguin, 2008. - 128 p. : ill. - Penguin great ideas .

One of the most important works of cultural theory ever written, Walter Benjamin's groundbreaking essay explores how the age of mass media means audiences can listen to or see a work of art repeatedly - and what the troubling social and political implications of this are.

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Translated from the German.

9780141036199 (pbk.) : £4.99


Mass media.
Aesthetics.
Arts and society.
Art and technology.
Art--Reproduction.

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