A influência das imagens e da arte na construção da cultura do consumismo a partir das concepções de Walter Benjamin e John Berger

Abstract

The entire history of humanity has been marked by periods that presented evolutions and advances in their perspectives of existence. From the symbolic art in prehistory the images reproduced in the modernity, many processes were established. Rethink and understand these processes, based on the thoughts proposed by Walter Benjamin and John Berger, becomes a substantial goal of this brief study, with the purpose to promote the construction of a critical vision and behavior in the face of the increasing and massive dissemination of images, especially through the media, in everyday social life.