Open AccessSacrum in the Age of its Mechanical Reproduction
Author(s) -
Tomas Sodeika
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
religija ir kultūra
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1822-4571
pISSN - 1822-4539
DOI - 10.15388/relig.2010.1.2763
Subject(s) - aura , realm , originality , reproduction , movie theater , aesthetics , photography , sacrum , art , art history , history , sociology , visual arts , psychology , anthropology , medicine , anatomy , archaeology , biology , qualitative research , ecology , psychiatry , migraine
In his essay “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” Walter Benjamin discusses a loss of the aura through the rise of photography and cinema. The notion of aura for Benjamin represents the originality and authenticity of a work of art that has not been reproduced. But at the same time it represents connection of the realm of art to the experience of the sacrum. The article deals with the correlation between the loss of aura and the desacralisation of the contemporary world.