Open AccessReproduction of Artworks in the Lippmannian-Frankfurtian Debates During Advanced Technology Era
Author(s) -
Azer Binnatli
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
historia i polityka
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2391-7652
pISSN - 1899-5160
DOI - 10.12775/hip.2021.033
Subject(s) - reproduction , pessimism , perspective (graphical) , aesthetics , sociology , art history , epistemology , art , visual arts , philosophy , ecology , biology
The development of technology leads to mechanical reproduction of artworks. This tendency brings the paradox whether mechanical reproduction of artworks enlightens or blinds society. Optimistic perspective of Walter Benjamin and Lippmannian school on reproducibility faces pessimistic view of Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer. Thus, the main aim of this paper is to compare W. Lippmann, W. Benjamin, T. Adorno and M. Horkheimer’s views and summarize by checking suitability of two schools’ perspectives in advanced technological century.