change in which a concept or its realization passes over into and is preserved and fulfilled by its opposite.
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Walter Benjamin
The Work of Art in the Age. . .
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In principle a work of art has always been reproducible. Man-made artifacts could always be imitated by men. Replicas were made by pupils in practice of their craft, by masters for diffusing their works, and, finally, by third parties in the pursuit of gain. Mechanical reproduction of a work of art, however, represents something…
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