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The Return Of Aura: Aesthetics From Movie To Actors

Posted on:2012-06-10Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Z WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2215330365954021Subject:Aesthetics
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Begins with Walter Benjamin's book The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction and combines his works such as A short history of photography, The task of the Translator, this paper refines Benjamin's viewpoints toward art and tries to find out the core of'Aura'in his thought. At the same time, this paper take movies and actors as discussion objects, analyses their new features in the new century and compare these new features with traditional art in order to find out the meaning of reproduction to modern society.
Keywords/Search Tags:Walter Benjamin, Aura, Actor, Mechanical Reproduction, Super star
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