eglected to understand the changes inherent in the implication of new technology into everyday life, and how it applies to all aspects of social structure. Regarding Evonne Levys The Miraculous Mechanical Reproduction in the Age of the Digital Reproducibility a great portion of Medieval art work was commissioned by the Catholic church, therefore a great portion of the Medieval artwork has Christian themes, especially Christian subject matter, Jesus, Mary, Joseph, angels, John the Baptist, etcetera. Walter Benjamins idea of original work having an aura about it, and that as an original, will lead viewers to find the greatest sense of significance and meaning seems to support that a relationship exists between the paintings subject matter and the effective aura contained by the work. Levy describes in her article the situation of a spectacle witnessed in a church involving a weeping painting that was a reproduction. What seems to be most interesting is that the only aura this weeping painting has is the one given it by the viewers there in the congregation, and as such has taken on a spiritual, ritualistic role to fulfill the spiritual needs of the congregation. Brought up in the article was the point that although the claim was made concerning this miracle tearing of a painting, was that it occurred on a reproduction. The distinction must be made and unfortunately for those that place an aura on reproductions, they may not realize that an actual original exists apart from the reproduction they apply the aura to. This can explain the miraculous event at the church, and how the greatest meaning and significance derived from a work of art doesnt necessarily have to come from the original....
