“Art teaches us to see into things. Folk art and kitsch allow us to see outward from within things.”
Quote by Walter Benjamin
Work
The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media
This book delves into the transformation of art in the era of mass reproduction, examining the effects of technology on artistic value and the nature of art itself. more
Author
Walter Benjamin
Walter Benjamin, born on July 15, 1892, and died on September 26, 1940, was a prominent German literary critic whose works profoundly influenced 20th-century literary criticism and cultural theory. more
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