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Aura Aura - review essay of The Work of Art in the Age of Digital Recombination

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光环:

cult value > exhibition value > manipulation

Aura > fading away

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沃尔特本杰明

1. [Uniqueness] + [Singularity] § [time] + [space]

2. Even the most perfect reproduction of a work of art is lacking in one element : its presence in time and space its unique existence at the space where it happens to be.

3. it is significant that the existence of the work of art with reference to its aura is never entirely separated from its ritual function. == the unique value of the "authentic " work of art has its basis in ritual , the location of its original use value.

4.This ritualistic basis, however remote, is still recognizable as secularized ritual even in the most profane forms of the cult of beauty.

5.The definition of the aura as a 'unique phenomenon of a distance however close it maybe' represents nothing but the formulation of the cult value of the work of art in categories of space and time perception. Distance is the opposite of closeness. The essentially distant object is the unapproachable one. Unapproachability is indeed a major quality of the cult image. True to its nature, it remains distant, however close it may be.' The closeness which one may gain from its subject matter does not impair the distance which it retains in its appearance.