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7 Cards in this Set
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Subjective Culture, Objective Culture, Social Structure |
- Subjective Culture: Individual reception - Objective Culture: Art and mechanical reproduction - Social Structure: Changing relationship between art and audience |
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Aura |
Authenticity, authority, and autonomy of an artwork |
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2 Forms of artistic value |
Cult value Exhibition value (art for art value) *Art as stemming from ritual/cult value and then obtaining exhibition value |
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Problem with reproduction of art |
Destroys the aura: - Lacking original space and time: cannot be/have been where the original was/is - Lacks Authenticity: Does not contain the changes that the original has gone through (physical changes, changes in ownership etc.) |
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2 Reasons mechanical reproductions retain some authority of the original |
- Technical reproduction can achieve things that manual reproduction cannot - Technical reproductions can be put in situations the manual reproduction cannot (e.g. film can be shown to millions of people, while a performance cannot) |
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4 Results of Mechanical Reproduction |
- Created a new form of perception (shift from contemplation to distraction) - Erased the importance of authenticity/tradition - Shift from importance of unique existence (cult/ritual value) to mass existence (exhibition value) - Allows masses to become artists |
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3 differences between Adorno & Benjamin |
- Focus on production of art vs. consumption of art - Hierarchical vs. democratic views - Dystopian vs. utopian |
