Illustrate the above words use by the sentences of your own. Write the sentences with at least 5 terms from the list above.

Comprehension Quiz

Indicate whether each statemet is true or false.

1. According to the passage, W. Benjamin repeated the ideas of Innis and McLuhan.

2. According to Benjamin, photographyhas decreased the nature of art.

3. According to the passage, the main idea of mass reproduction is to provide common people with an opportunity to see outstanding art products.

4. According to the passage, only real works of art, not copies from the original, have an aura.

5. According to the passage, art products reproduced on a mass scale can hardly carry out an exhibition function.

6. According to the passage, mass reproduction of art can serve political reasons.

For each item, select the best answer.

1. The author states that "mechanical technologies ‘transformed the entire nature of art’. By entire he means:

a. perfect b. whole c. particular authentic

Use the context clues to deduce the meaning of each italicized combination. The answer you choose should make sense in both sentences.

1. This transformationis due to their reproducibility.

My desire to act was due to Laurence Olivier's performance in Hamlet.

a. because of b. despite of c. in terms of d. by means of

2. ‘The existence of the work of art with reference to its aura is never entirely separated from its ritual function’.

With reference to what we did last week, I want you to do the following...

a. in spite of b. with respect to c. along with d. instead of

3.... contemporary art forms... are produced … to express oppositional politics in the face of oppressive regimes.

He succeeded in the face of great danger.

a.instead of b. in terms of c. by means of d. in spite of

4. Do you agree or disagree with the statements below? Prove your choice.

1. Copies are inferior to original works of art.

2. Mechanical reproduction diminishes the aura of original products of art.

3. Mechanical reproduction does a lot of harm to art.

4. Digital technologies play a positive role in reproduction of art.

Active Vocabulary

Be sure you understand the word and word combinations below and can use them, speaking about art and mechanical reproduction

aura: be lacking in an aura; contain an aura

authenticity

art: work of art; art gallery

art forms: contemporary art forms; consume and produce ~

artistic (adj): artistic production

essay: classic essay

exhibition

replica (= an exact copy)

reproduced: reproduced on a mass scale; reproduced art

reproducibility

reproduction: mass reproduction of art; the most perfect reproduction

theatre

original (n, adj): original works of art

painting (n)

playwright

photography

product: cultural product

visitor a visitor to the museum

Illustrate the above words use by the sentences of your own. Write the sentences with at least 5 terms from the list above.

Additional reading on W. Benjamin's theory:

http://www.egs.edu/library/walter-benjamin/biography/

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/benjamin/

See also: discussion of some key points in Walter Benjamin's "Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mEZYUuVSE0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I81mixHHgKk&feature=related

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