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Arte & Culto | Lighting of artworks
LED lighting is the ideal solution to avoid damaging the paintings displayed
in the rooms. The use of special light sources allows the natural colour of the
work to be faithfully reproduced, just as the artist imagined and created it. The
tones, colours and three-dimensionality of the brushstrokes are all extremely
important details that emerge from the depths of each painting – sometimes
rediscovered after many years! – when they are correctly illuminated.
Carefully adjusted accent lighting and profile spots highlight the work with
precise, well-defined beams, helping it to stand out from the background,
which is deliberately kept in darkness.
As for wall-mounted sculptural works, such as three-dimensional paintings,
high-reliefs or bas-reliefs, LED technology has the extraordinary ability to wrap
around them, creating chiaroscuro effects and reinventing perceptions of the
art. This is also a useful technique for emphasising decorative frames, which
are often part of the artwork itself.
Lighting
for artworks
Left photo:
The Virgin with Child and Saints
Antonio from Pavia
1500-1525 approx., Mantua (Italy)
Right photo:
Pietà between Saints Francis and George
Bottega dei Buglioni
1520 approx., Florence (Italy)
