The 'Monza Method': Light and three-dimensionality in the Galleria dei Carracci in the Palazzo Farnese in Rome/I

摘要

The illumination of historic art, frescos and statues is currently gaining in terms of quality through LED technology. What was formerly simply regarded as a task for uniform lighting - also with regard to the spectral composition of the light - is now seen as a design challenge. Paintings can be lit sensitively, and attention paid to the way different pigments respond to light. Two projects recently completed in Rome make for an interesting comparison: the Sistine Chapel and the frescoes painted by Annibale Carracci in Palazzo Farnese.