ARCHITECTURAL | 7
The “chiaroscuro” begins as a human
interpretation of the romantic and
conflictive relation between light and
shadow and over the time it expanded
in several disciplines as a representative
technique with a profoundly expressive
character.
The “chiaroscuro” will find new
applications first in theater and then
in movies, by using light that performs
three dimensional space by fixing visual
hierarchies between backgrounds
ad characters and by emphasising its
significant value via contrast.
From these artistic experiences the
“chiaroscuro”, applied to architectural
lighting, finds its narrative power. It
is certain that it is natural light that
defines our first spatial condition, but it
is artificial light that offers to architecture
a communicative capacity of great
responsibility.
The “chiaroscuro” can be achieved with an
accent lighting to emphasize vegetation,
to remark objects or architectural
elements to draw the attention in a
darker setting by creating hierarchies that
allowing a immediate distinction between
what is essential and what is not and
setting objects visually in the foreground.
