Study On The Aura And Redemption Of Arts

The paper combs Benjamin's artistic theory by using "Aura as salvation" as a clue, and finds the integrity and relevance of Benjamin's artistic theory by the way of close reading. Firstly, the paper analyzes "Aura" and "Shock" as the key concepts of Benjamin's artistic theory. And then the paper points the association of them which is the essential connotation of "Aura" is redemption, and "Shock" is the means of modern art used to reproduce "Aura" and achieve salvation. The paper combs the clue of "Aura" from artwork to natural objects and the sacred aura, and the paper Indicates that the essential connotation of "Aura" is the creativity of God to create the word using words, and the liberation and redemption of Adam to name all things by translation, and the "Aura as salvation" of Benjamin's artistic theory by art Criticism. The "Shock" has double value of destruction and reconstruction, on one hand, “Shock” identifies the broken and lack of experience of modern people; on the other hand, modern art overcome the lack of experience by the way of "Shock", and it also lead to the reappearance of "Aura".Secondly, the paper points out that "Aura" is reflected in the tradition of the human community's experience in the narrative literary, and the aesthetic Ideal of the visual artwork. It is not only the two paths which is time art and space art, and Benjamin used them to achieve salvation; it is also points two attitudes in life which is contemplation and action. Benjamin is a thinker in the turning point from classical period to modern period, and his thinking has the tendency from classical contemplation to modern action. The tendency reflects in the visual art the as the lack of aesthetic Value and the emergence of the political values of "Aura", and this makes modern films has different hope of salvation from paintings.Finally, the paper analyzes the visual arts by the disappearance and reappearance of "Aura", and then sketched out the process of classical paintings to photos and films, in which the aesthetic value converts into political value. The paper points out that the film is a comprehensive art that can reflect time and space. Benjamin analyses the disappearance of its aesthetic value and the reappearance of the political value and it make film play a politic role by means of telling a story. In addition, Benjamin analyzes the "Shock" of films, which is not only different from the recall of synesthesia, but also different from the intervention of understanding which Brecht and modernist literature pursed. The receiving mode of film is not only fit with the group amusement of story, but also fit with the holistic cognitive attitude, and this gives the film a unique value.