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- "Japanese woodblock prints are particularly affected by exposure to light that can fade their colors and damage the paper they’re printed on. “It’s always a b
by perihelions 2y ago
- "Japanese woodblock prints are particularly affected by exposure to light that can fade their colors and damage the paper they’re printed on. “It’s always a balancing act between wanting to show works like The Great Wave so that our visitors have a chance to experience them and preserving these works for the future,” Katz says. “We work closely with our conservators to set the parameters for the display of works on paper.”"
Imagine if there were quantum-mechanical minds that were able to appreciate quantum-mechanical art, but, the very act of contemplating, comprehending the art irreversibly degraded it. What a beautifully sad thought! A stark finiteness, like NFT's for conscious experiences.
Dyes are destroyed by the very light that illuminates them to visibility. Observation is destructive.
- kragen 2y agothey can be, especially textile dyes, but in this case i think it's more the paper and binders that are damaged. prussian blue is quite light-stable despite containing iron ions, and there are plenty of black and white pigments that are light-stable over even geological time
- radpanda 2y agoI’d imagine somewhere there’s an engineer-artist putting such a print in a brightly lit locked box, which is programmed not to open until the interior light has shined long enough to eradicate the image on the print. (No idea if we have circuitry and LEDs that last long enough to make such a thing feasible).
- Tepix 2y agoUse thermopaper. Problem solved
- layer8 2y agoThat’s how food works.