Key Elements of Walter Benjamin's Essay

A)
-"withers in the age of mechanical reproduciton is the aura"
-points beyond the realm of art
-"changes in medium of contemporary perception: decay of aura"
-"aura of latter unique phenomenon of a distance however close it maybe"
-brings things closer
-aura is "uniqueness"
-"for the last time the aura emanates from the early photographs in the fleeting expression of a human face"
-"aura is tied to his presence there can be no replica of it"
-"the fim responds to the shriveling of the aura with an artifical build-up of the "personality" outside the studio

B)
-illustrate everyday life
-keep pace with speech
-"photographic reproduction can capture images which escape natural vision"
-beholder/listener's own situation shattering tradition
-contemporary mass movements

C)
-"works of art reproduced becomes the work of art designed for reproductibilty"
-"with the emancipation of the various art practices from ritual go increasing opportuunities for the exhibition of their products
-art is more commonplace and easy to create
-with film and photo art is more accessable
-the "ritual" of art is lost in the mass quantity of creations
-technology is helping the arts
-reproduction is done with easier effort and no detail is lost

D)
-computer programs for sound and video
-internet displaying anything whenever
-3D imaging and laser cutting creating any shape
-Digital devices and external hard-drives that can store a large amount of information
-prints/texts books/magazines/blogs/web-sites
-college