Walter Benjamin on Art, History, Writing, and More – BIG OTHER

nbsp; Happy birthday, Walter Benjamin! Here are some quotes from the author's texts:   "The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out."   "Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method."   "Writers are really people…

How to Write Fat Books: Walter Benjamin's Principles of the Weighty Tome – The Marginalian

The Curious Case of Walter Benjamin (or where is art headed in the 21st century?), by Nicholas Petrone

Art as Focus or Distraction?. Recalling Walter Benjamin In Our Age of…, by Thomas Lynn

Ways of Seeing – Artforum

Walter Benjamin On the Concept of History /Theses on the Philosophy of History

Walter Benjamin on Finding Wisdom in the Age of Information and Storytelling as the Antidote to Death by News – The Marginalian

Walter Benjamin: Art, Technology and Distraction in the Modern Age

Full article: The Digital U-Turn in Art History

The Arcades Project: 9780674008021: Benjamin, Walter, Eiland, Howard, McLaughlin, Kevin: Books

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