Reproduction in Art

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This paper considers the influence new forms of reproduction beginning in the nineteenth century had on the development of media in the twentieth century, noting how images could be more widely disseminated. This was certainly a change over earlier times, but also the possibility of reproduction and the actual reproduction itself, influenced media in other ways as well.

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"The ability to make reproductions of images and of works of art has had a major influence on how media developed in the twentieth century. This change has been similar on one level to the massive change brought about when the reproduction of written works became possible with the printing press. Prior to that, books had to be made by hand, one at a time, often with elaborate illustrations and decorations called illumination. Such books were expensive and rare, and few people had access to them. The same was long true of works of art - only those able to travel to where the artwork was kept could view it."

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