@CailinJohnson
My image shows a chapel somewhere along the coast in Greece. The chapel is white with a blue door, with multiple people surrounding it. It also looks like there is a town on the other side of the water across from the chapel.
I believe that this image represents what Benjamin’s article was describing because instead of art being something that is produced from traditions, religions, and mythologies you can take a screenshot from Google images and it can be art. The idea of what is considered art has changed. “The uniqueness of a work of art is inseparable from its being imbedded in the fabric of tradition.”(Page IV). I believe that what Benjamin is describing is that because works like the image I took can be reproduced to easily that the uniqueness that was associated with art has gone away. Now instead of a painting or sculpture taking years to create you can press a button on your laptop and have a work of art that can be reproduced over and over again. Another one of Benjamin’s ideas was that mechanical reproduction has changed how art can be reproduced. “Mechanical reproduction of a work of art, however, represents something new.” (Page I). Mechanical reproduction is what has made it so easy to reproduce art in mass quantities. With the advancement of technology new ways to reproduce and create your own art are invented. For example that camera which allowed this picture to be taken by Google in the first place gives the everyday person a chance to produce art.