Sistine Chapel lights up with LEDs
You be the judge: The last time you were at the Sistine Chapel, it probably didn't look like this. Lux Reports: ROME - If you've been to the Sistine Chapel, you probably recall the crick in your neck and the strain on your eyes as you gazed upwards to spot Michelangelo's ceiling. Strain no more. The Vatican will today officially switch on 50 new luminaires containing 7,000 LEDs that illuminate masterpieces such as The Creation of Adam and The Last Judgement in a way that brings the paintings and frescoes into full, clear and colourful view, as was evident at a press preview last night. 'We want to honour the 450th anniversary of Michelangelo's death by providing new lighting for his work,' said Prof Antonio Paolucci, director of the Vatican Museums. The great artist would probably be proud of the project, led by Germany's Osram, which said the new LEDs provide ten times the brightness of previous lighting, while slashing energy consum...