# The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

> 1935 essay by Walter Benjamin; proposes that mechanical reproduction devalues the aura of an artwork, that—in the age of mechanical reproduction and traditional ritualistic value’s absence—art production would be inherently based on political praxis

**Wikidata**: [Q1169425](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1169425)  
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