A new field of art experience, vaster than any so far known (and standing in the same relation to the art museums as does . . . hearing a phonograph record to a concert audition), is now, thanks to reproduction, being opened up. And this new domain . . . is for the first time the common heritage of all mankind.
'T'HOSE words, by Critic Andre Malraux, pinpoint one of the most important happenings in art history. Burgeoning now, it has been preparing for 500 years. Art reproduction dates back to the woodblock...
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