Light for Art's Sake
Subtitle: Lighting for Artworks and Museum Displays
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Burlington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9780080496115
Subjects: Museums; Lighting; Museum conservation methods; Musées; Éclairage; Méthodes de conservation
Description: Conservation scientists in museums and galleries have a clear understanding of the damage that light can inflict on an object, but what of the designers that create exhibitions to display these precious items? Light for Arts Sake provides a basis for a level of professional expertise for lighting practice in museums. Rather than portraying conservation and display as having diametrically opposed objectives, the central concept is that the interaction of light and art media is the source for both the visual experience and the degradation of the artwork. Optimal solutions derive from understandi.
Table of contents: title: Front Cover; Light for Art's Sake: Lighting for Artworks and Museum Displays; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 A philosophy for the presentation of art; Chapter 2 Revealing visual attributes; Chapter 3 Light-induced damage to objects; Chapter 4 Daylighting typologies; Chapter 5 Daylighting controls; Chapter 6 Electric lighting typologies; Chapter 7 Electric lighting controls; Chapter 8 Lighting strategies; Chapter 9 Procedures for practice; References; Bibliography; Index.