1. Walter Benjamin  Full name: Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin  15 July 1892 – 26 September 1940  Berlin, German Empire  “Europe last intellectual”

2. The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction  a 1936 essay  3 script is being written ,

3. Founding & Stamping Lithography Photography Founding & Stamping Lithography Founding & Stamping Lithography Founding & Stamping Photography Lithography Founding & Stamping Engraving, Etching & Woodcut Founding & Stamping Lithography Photography bronzes, terra cottas, and coins sound film graphic artscript printing In principle a work of art has always been reproducible. In principle a work of art has always been reproducible.

4. Keyword: authenticity The whole sphere of authenticity is outside technical – and, of course, not only technical – reproducibility. Technical Production VS Manual Production 1.process reproduction is more independent of the original than manual reproduction 2.can put the copy of the original into situations which would be out of reach for the original itself

5. Keyword: aura The desire of contemporary masses to bring things “closer” spatially and humanly, which is just as ardent as their bent toward overcoming the uniqueness of every reality by accepting its reproduction.

6. Keyword: cult & exhibition value Two polar types stand out; with one, the accent is on the cult value; with the other, on the exhibition value of the work.