[Reading Response: Walter Benjamin]
The work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media express the relationship between technology and art piece. The writer thinks that traditional art piece contains some major concept, including creativity and special value, which is different from those made by technology. The writer claimed that technological reproduction is different than we thought, it has some advantages, such as a longer preservation length. On the other hand, the authenticity of art will not be affected by technology, and it maybe devalued. The use of technology will minimize the usage of human resources. Besides, the writer explained the concept of aura, a strange tissue of space and time, which is independent of technology and makes artwork irreplaceable.
In my opinion, I am pleased that technology, art, and cinematography have had a huge improvement over the decades. Filming is a capture of landscape with continuous imaging; the core of artwork is authenticity. I would like to describe the film as a wonderful performance, Séverin-Mars mentioned films have been granted a dream so it is telling a truth and are romantic. After reading this passage, I believe that there are still many points for us to discuss, such as the reproduction of taking photos of a painting, and whether or is reproduction an artwork. Depends.
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