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  2. Ephemeral art - Wikipedia

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    The Umbrella Project (1991), art installation by Christo, Ibaraki, Japan The ephemeral nature of certain artistic expressions is above all a subjective concept subject to the very definition of art, a controversial term open to multiple meanings, which have oscillated and evolved over time and geographic space, since the term "art" has not been understood in the same way in all times and places.

  3. Public art - Wikipedia

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    Public art is art in any media whose form, function and meaning are created for the general public through a public process. It is a specific art genre [ 1 ] with its own professional and critical discourse.

  4. Ephemerality - Wikipedia

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    Ephemeral streams have, relative to their perennial counterparts, lower species richness; the streams are "potentially demanding" for inhabitants, although some species do reside. [27] Ephemeral rivers sometimes form waterholes in geological depressions or areas scoured by erosion, and are common in arid regions of Australia. [28] [29]

  5. Ephemeral City - Wikipedia

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    Ephemeral City: Cite Looks at Houston is a 2003 nonfiction book edited by Barrie Scardino, William F. Stern and Bruce C. Webb and published by the University of Texas Press. It includes twenty-five essays published in Cite from 1982 until 2000, as well as postscripts from 2002.

  6. Subway Art - Wikipedia

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    The book was known as 'the bible' of graffiti, because the photographs of this ephemeral art were accompanied by text describing techniques of the drawing styles and how it was done on public property without permission. [3] The book described the culture around graffiti, how to do it, the lingo and who did it.

  7. Installation art - Wikipedia

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    Installation art is an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space. Generally, the term is applied to interior spaces, whereas exterior interventions are often called public art, land art or art intervention; however, the boundaries between these terms overlap.

  8. The Myth of Sisyphus - Wikipedia

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    The next example is the actor, who depicts ephemeral lives for ephemeral fame. "He demonstrates to what degree appearing creates being. "He demonstrates to what degree appearing creates being. In those three hours, he travels the whole course of the dead-end path that the man in the audience takes a lifetime to cover."

  9. Ephemeral architecture - Wikipedia

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    Triumphal Arch in honor of Alfonso XIII, on the occasion of the king's visit to Barcelona, on 6 April 1904, by Enric Sagnier i Villavecchia.. The splendor of ephemeral architecture was produced in the Early Modern Period, in the Renaissance and—especially— the Baroque, eras of consolidation of the absolute monarchy, when European monarchs sought to elevate their figure above that of their ...