picture of the day

New light for Mona Lisa

3 Comments

Louvre museum general manager Herve Barbaret, right, shakes hand with Toshiba executive vice president Hidejiro Shimomitsu, during an event to unveil the new lighting of Leonardo da Vinci's painting Mona Lisa at the Louvre museum in Paris on Tuesday. The Mona Lisa is now illuminated by LED lighting. The lighting had to meet various technical specifications, but also meet the more subjective and aesthetic requirements of the museum director and France’s Historical Monuments Committee.

© Japan Today

©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.

3 Comments
Login to comment

A great coup for Toshiba advertising. It would seem there's more to it than the Mona Lisa as well... http://www.toshiba.co.jp/lighting/about/louvre/index.htm

2 ( +2 / -0 )

Mona Lisa is our. Together to other tons of masterpieces in that museum. ù_ù Poor my Italy...

1 ( +1 / -0 )

Login to leave a comment

Facebook users

Use your Facebook account to login or register with JapanToday. By doing so, you will also receive an email inviting you to receive our news alerts.

Facebook Connect

Login with your JapanToday account

User registration

Articles, Offers & Useful Resources

A mix of what's trending on our other sites