This field is the subject of Friedrich Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy.
An essay in this field discusses the decline of aura in the age of mechanical reproduction, and was written by Walter Benjamin. Another work in this field emphasizes the need for "free play" and defines a disinterested, universal, and necessary judgment. That work is Immanuel Kant's Critique of Judgment. This field was discussed in terms of the Apollonian and Dionysian in a work that criticizes the excess rationality of Socrates and Euripides and praises Richard Wagner. This field is the subject of Friedrich Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy. For 10 points, name this field of philosophy concerned with the nature of art and beauty.
An essay in this field discusses the decline of aura in the age of mechanical reproduction, and was written by Walter Benjamin.
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