Art Work in the Mechanical Age Reproduction Research

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Art Work in the Mechanical Age Reproduction
“The Work of Art in the Mechanical Reproduction Age” has made major influences in the political front criticism and the embrace of current aesthetics. In the essay, Benjamin seeks to discuss the change in perception in the wake of the Cinema industry, films and photography (Zohn 218). He outlines the changes that have been experienced over the ages. The new perception, and understanding of the works of art and the outcomes that have emerged. Benjamin first published the essay after he fled from the Nazi rule in 1933. In Paris, he produced his first edition translated into French, and later made adjustments after more input and had a final copy published in 1955.
Marx criticized the capitalistic form of mechanization reproduction right from the infancy. He established a prognosis that presented future results of the exploitation of the proletariat and the fall of the capitalism (Zohn 219). Benjamin explains that art has lost value by the inception of reproduction and replication. It results in loss of originality, hence loss of understanding. The effects are being felt as a result of modernity in the artwork. He explains that the rise of fascism contains the value of aesthetics and organization of the proletarian, while capitalism is a just democracy, but creates proletarian.
The loss of the aura is a major aspect that elaborates the dynamism that has drastic effects according to Benjamin. It results from the mechanical reproduction processes that affect the originality. He establishes an argument between a painting and a photograph (Zohn 220). He explains that a painting is original and has the detailed information, while the photograph is a reflection of an image. The inception of film production describes in itself, the massive shift from historical art to modernism. The reproduction involved capturing the images at an accurate speed of the speech of a character. Sound reproduction has also evolved, and the revolution is felt in cinemas.
Loss of aura is the basis for loss of authority resulting in the contrast between aura and new perception methods. The advantage of reproduction is the mass production influence that it creates to fill the void in a world turning to globalization. Benjamin explains that there is a lot of distraction in the understanding of reproduced imagery. The reception of ...