Name: La Obra de Arte En La Era de Su Reproducción Técnica (in Spanish)
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Author: Arnal Ballester
ISBN: 9788418933912

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La Obra de Arte En La Era de Su Reproducción Técnica (in Spanish)

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Spanish

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Hardcover

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9788418933912

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Synopsis "La Obra de Arte En La Era de Su Reproducción Técnica (in Spanish)"

En la obra de Walter Benjamin, fundamental para comprender el siglo ¬¬, destaca esta breve pero contundente reflexión en torno al objeto artístico y la comunicación de masas. Sostiene aquí el pensador que, con las nuevas posibilidades técnicas para su reproducción, el arte puede transformarse en un poderoso instrumento para la revolución política. Una innovación que, a la vez, hará que la obra pierda su carácter único, el «aura , y abrirá, así, una nueva dimensión para el objeto artístico. Un texto fundamental en torno al arte, la reflexión estética y la filosofía de la imagen This work by Walter Benjamin is a brief but forceful reflection on artistic object and mass communication. The author maintains that with the new technical possibilities for its reproduction, art can be transformed into a powerful instrument for political revolution. A fundamental text about art, aesthetic reflection, and the philosophy of image.

Walter Benjamin

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Walter Benjamin was a prominent philosopher, literary critic, and art and history theorist born in Berlin, Germany. His work and critical thinking have had a profound influence on 20th century cultural studies.
Benjamin was born into a wealthy Jewish family and grew up in an intellectually stimulating environment. From an early age, he showed an interest in literature, music, and art.
In the 1920s, after serving in the German army during World War I, he joined the Frankfurt School, a circle of German intellectuals and social critics interested in transforming Marxist ideas. There, he met other thinkers like Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer who were major influences on his work and worldview.
Throughout his life, Benjamin was also deeply interested in politics and social issues. During the years of the Weimar Republic, he actively participated in the cultural and literary field. However, the rise of Nazism to power in 1933 forced him to leave Germany. He first went into exile in Paris and after the French occupation, Benjamin tried to escape to Spain to embark towards the United States, but was detained at the French-Spanish border. Faced with the imminent threat of being handed over to the German authorities, the author decided to end his life.

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Arnal Ballester

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Arnal Ballester (Barcelona, 1955) is a Spanish illustrator known for his expressive graphic style and narrative approach to illustration. With a degree in History from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, he began his professional career in the graphic humor press in the 1970s, contributing to magazines such as El Papus and Por Favor.

In the 1980s, he ventured into the world of role-playing games, working for the publisher Joc Internacional. There, he designed covers, logos, and game screens, notably his work on titles like Stormbringer and Aquelarre.

From 1992, he turned to illustrating children's books, creating works like Los artísticos casos de Fricandó, which earned him the National Illustration Award in 2008. His style is characterized by abstract images and dynamic compositions, influenced by constructivism and the clear line.

In addition to his work as an illustrator, Ballester was a professor of Visual Narration at the Escola Massana d’Art i Disseny in Barcelona from 1989 to 2020. His legacy continues in children's literature and in training new generations of illustrators.

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