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Light for Art´s Sake
Christopher Cuttle
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Description for Light for Art´s Sake
Hardback. Provides a basis for a level of professional expertise for lighting practice in museums. This work focuses on the concept that the interaction of light and art media is the source for visual experience and the degradation of the artwork. It includes philosophical, conservation, and practical aspects of lighting design for museums and galleries. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ANH; GM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 193 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
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 understanding and controlling the interaction process, ... Read more
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 understanding and controlling the interaction process, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
714g
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750664301
SKU
V9780750664301
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Christopher Cuttle
Christopher Kit Cuttle is currently Senior Lecturer in Architectural Technology at the University of Auckland. From 1957 he worked as a specialist architectural lighting designer and advisor, and since 1976 he has been lecturing on the subject in New Zealand, the UK and the US. He holds qualifications in illumination, electrical engineering and architecture, and has published 100 ... Read more
Reviews for Light for Art´s Sake
Light for Art's Sake is a well thought, through publication and it will form a valuable element for museum and art gallery designers. But it will also be a valuable text for all students of lighting - young and old. David Loe, Lighting Research & Technology