It was such an excellent post that it more than deserved the mention!
I once could see a Baroque church in candlelight and it was really beautiful. It's so much closer to how these buildings probably were seen by contemporary visitors.
Oh I would have loved that. All the gilded stucco and ornaments. It hasn't struck me until recently what fundamental effect interior light has on how we view art. The constant, fixed source of electrical light allows us to see details and structures with greater quality - but at the same time it takes away some of the effect all the gold and glitter must have had.
Unless it is unavoidable, of course, but than it is accompanied by a lot of grumbling...
hee. believe me - I DO grumble. Quite a bit. And the French Structuralist theory was nearly the end of me.
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I once could see a Baroque church in candlelight and it was really beautiful. It's so much closer to how these buildings probably were seen by contemporary visitors.
Oh I would have loved that. All the gilded stucco and ornaments. It hasn't struck me until recently what fundamental effect interior light has on how we view art. The constant, fixed source of electrical light allows us to see details and structures with greater quality - but at the same time it takes away some of the effect all the gold and glitter must have had.
Unless it is unavoidable, of course, but than it is accompanied by a lot of grumbling...
hee. believe me - I DO grumble. Quite a bit. And the French Structuralist theory was nearly the end of me.