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The Aesthetic of Luminous Ceilings

The Aesthetic of Luminous Ceilings

January 30, 2010  |  Levent OZLER

Luminous ceilings provide spacious room impressions and can provide different types of lighting.

Besides this, they are, however, also metaphors of the natural sky and a mirror of an aesthetic and architectural debate.

The historical observation of ceilings reveals that the image of heaven, which reached a theological culmination in the luminous Renaissance stucco techniques, turned into large-scale light emanating surfaces.

Even if the luminance of contemporary LED screens has increased intensely and thereby creates a point of attraction, designers still look to establish a pictorial language for an impressive appearance.

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