Authentizität und Fiktion. Strategien des Dokumentarischen in den technischen Bildern

Abstract

Documentary representation of reality is not an invention of the new media, nor are the emblematic and allegoric moments so prevalent in mediaeval or Renaissance art completely lost in the way in which these media present us the world. But there is a continuous shift towards higher authenticity, a shift, which, paradoxically enough, has now reached a point at which the media create their own reality.