RHETOR 20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: George Bernard Shaw
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Died before making it to the u. s. Writing in response and concerning the political climate of the soviet. Union at the time (regime"s influence continues to this day - putin) Need to keep in mind this nuance when reading. Takes into account of superstructure and base. Concerts, plays - original aura of art. How does benjamin"s critique mechanical reproducibility of art relates to. Inherent quality of the art to be reproduced. Loss of aura due to reproducibility (reproductions of paintings versus the sculpture touched and molded by michelangelo) Actualize - reproduction allows something to come into being (actualize) that was not possible before when a piece of art could not be copied and disseminated many times. Film is the most extreme version of this - on multiple levels, the film demonstrates reproducibility. The ordinary academician gets hold of a pretty model, paints her as well as he can, calls her juliet, and puts a nice verse from.
