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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.
One definition for ephemera is "the minor transient documents of everyday life". [3] [4] Ephemera are often paper-based, printed items, including menus, ticket stubs, newspapers, postcards, posters, sheet music, stickers, and greeting cards. However, since the 1990s, the term has been used to refer to digital artefacts or texts. [5]
Psychologists have studied why ephemerality may improve memory retention; social psychologist Karl E. Scheibe, conversely, suggested that ephemeral images are only memorable if repeated. [ 44 ] [ 45 ] The ephemerality of memory leads objects to assume the function of begeting remembrance on account of their greater stability.
Japanese woodblock print showcasing transience, precarious beauty, and the passage of time, thus "mirroring" mono no aware [1] Mono no aware (物の哀れ), [a] lit. ' the pathos of things ', and also translated as ' an empathy toward things ', or ' a sensitivity to ephemera ', is a Japanese idiom for the awareness of impermanence (無常, mujō), or transience of things, and both a transient ...
Monte Parnassus, ephemeral decoration project on the occasion of the entry of Philip V in Madrid (1701), by Teodoro Ardemans. One of the main characteristics of Baroque art is its illusory and contrived character: "ingenuity and design are the magic art through which one manages to deceive the eye to the point of astonishment". [3]
Ephemeral art has been a constant in the history of architecture, although a distinction must be made between constructions conceived for temporary use and those that, despite being built with durability in mind, have a brief expiration due to various factors, especially the poor quality of the materials (wood, adobe, plaster, cardboard ...
Richard Shilling (born 1973) is a British artist and photographer working in the field of land art [1] and sculpture [2] in the North West of England. [3] He is currently artist in residence at The Middlewood Trust, Roeburndale. Shilling is known for his ephemeral and changing art works made from natural materials in natural settings outdoors ...
The majority of the details relate to the theme: for example, in Sight the paintings which can be seen range through almost every genre, and include St Cecilia, the patroness of eyesight, and the inclusion of both real and painted garlands of flowers alludes to the contemporary debate about the relative status of art and nature. [6]