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Photography was invented in the mid-nineteenth century, and ever since that moment painters have been asking what they are there for. Everyone has their own strategy. Some say they do not paint what is there, but their impressions. Others paint things that are not seen in the world, and therefore cannot be photographed, because they are abstractions. Others yet exhibit urinals in art galleries. This may look like the end of art but, instead, it is the dawn of a new day, not only for painting but – this is the novelty – for every form of art, as well as for the social world in general and for industry, where repetitive tasks are left to machines and humans are required to behave like artists.

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From Fountain to Moleskine: the Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Producibility  Maurizio Ferraris  Abstract  Keywords  1 Pen, Pencil, Pen Drive  2 Mona Lisa. The Canon  3 Fountain. The Break  4 Brillo Box. The Reconciliation  5 Moleskine. The Fusion

From Fountain to Moleskine: The Work of Art in the Age of its Technological Producibility

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      Publisher: Brill
      Publication Date: 16/05/2019
      ISBN13: 9789004407565, 978-9004407565
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      Theory of art Philosophy: aesthetics Moleskine

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      Book Synopsis
      Photography was invented in the mid-nineteenth century, and ever since that moment painters have been asking what they are there for. Everyone has their own strategy. Some say they do not paint what is there, but their impressions. Others paint things that are not seen in the world, and therefore cannot be photographed, because they are abstractions. Others yet exhibit urinals in art galleries. This may look like the end of art but, instead, it is the dawn of a new day, not only for painting but – this is the novelty – for every form of art, as well as for the social world in general and for industry, where repetitive tasks are left to machines and humans are required to behave like artists.

      Table of Contents
      From Fountain to Moleskine: the Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Producibility  Maurizio Ferraris  Abstract  Keywords  1 Pen, Pencil, Pen Drive  2 Mona Lisa. The Canon  3 Fountain. The Break  4 Brillo Box. The Reconciliation  5 Moleskine. The Fusion

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