ARTH 101 Lecture 8: LECTURE WEEK 8
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Impact of new modes of (re-)production on the concept of the artwork: photography and film, politics and art, aura (and the loss of aura through reproduction) Earlier much futile thought had been devoted to the question of whether photography is an art. The primary question- whether the very invention of photography had not transformed the entire nature of art- was not raise. " (part vii) Unknown german artist, self-portrait of albrecht d rer, 17th century. Charles parsons (1821-1910), the city of new york, 1876. Kathe kollwitz, small self-portrait, from the illustrated book, deutsche graphiker der. Artwork aura authenticity testimonial reproduction: old and new means/media of reproduction and mass production: manual/mechanical versus technical, photography: frees the hand from involvement in the process of reproduction, technical reproduction can, 1. Make a work of art accessible in new ways (enlargement, slow motion: 2. Bring the copy into situations that are not available to the original.
