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Lighting design: Marco Miglioli ArchiLight Studio with Gi-Pas.
Client: Fondazione Artistica Museo Poldi Pezzoli. Exhibition design: Luca Rolla e Alberto Bertini with Andrea Tregnago. Curatorship: Fernando Mazzocca. Exhibition Project conceived by: Intesa San Paolo e Museo Poldi Pezzoli.
Visual and Graphic Design: Francesco Giordano. Sponsorship of: European Commision, MiBAC, City of Milan, Regione Lombardia. Fotografie: Andrea Martiradonna.
POLDI PEZZOLI MUSEUM | MILAN, ITALY | 2019
LIT Lighting Design Awards 2019
Honorable Mention
DARC Awards 2019
Selected work
In 2018 the Poldi Pezzoli Museum, in collaboration with the Gallerie d’Italia, organizes a great exhibition on Romanticism, which for the first time recounts the Italian movement that broke away from Neoclassicism to propose new visions of reality, history and art.
“Dante and the characters of the Commedia” room
Through the lighting project we wanted to show Romanticism not only as an expression of the artistic and political ideals of that period, but also to bring out its dramatic and anguished side.
The path winds along corridors and rooms illuminated in stops and starts, in an alternation of light and darkness. It’s not just about visiting and seeing works but also about immersing oneself in the spirit and taste of that period.
“Romanticism” is an exhibition where light, art, music and literary references work together to create a sensorial experience.
“Portraits” Room
“The bold Righetto”. The shadow stands out distorted on the background like a fantastic creature
“Rediscovery of ancient miniaturism” Room
An exhibition room. In this, as in other rooms, during the day the artificial light had to consider the contribution of the natural one
In the exhibition the two souls of Romanticism merge: that of the heroes, the mythological figures and that of the monsters that emerge from them, as if they were shadows of Frankenstein or Dracula, fantastic characters born not coincidentally from the writers’ imaginations active in that period. The “cast shadows” of the sculptures become works themselves, representing the “black” soul inside the statues in a deformed and terrifying way.
“Studiolo Dantesco” with polychrome glass windows, inspired by the Comedy, and one of the Wunderkammer glass showcase with our new lighting
“Studiolo Dantesco” and a Wunderkammer glass showcase
Entrance at the “Studiolo Dantesco” and illuminated frescoed ceiling
“Studiolo Dantesco”
The reference of Romanticism and the Risorgimento to Dante’s writings and events suggested to include this cabinet in the exhibition itinerary. The exhibition therefore proved to be the perfect opportunity to renovate and design a new and permanent lighting for this room of the museum. The “Studiolo Dantesco”, whose decorations are inspired by the Middle Ages and the Comedy, was designed between 1853 and 1856 and housed the most precious works of applied arts owned by Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli. These works are now mostly collected in showcases carved into the walls and highlighted through a soft lighting like the one which caresses the walls and the painted surfaces.The museum decided to include the new lighting of this space in the permanent set-up.