Total work of art in an age of mechanical reproduction
Total stage: Wagner's festspielhaus
Total machine: the Bauhaus theatre
Total montage: Brecht's reply to Wagner
Total state: Riefenstahl's triumph of the will
Total world: Disney's theme parks
Total vacuum: Warhol's performances
Total immersion: cyberspace.
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The total work of art : from Bayreuth to cyberspace by Matthew Wilson Smith. ISBN 9780203963166. Published by Routledge in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
