Rousing the Reggia
The use of cinematic language and video projection in Peter Greenaway'sPeopling the Palacesas a way of returning life to a seventeenth-century Italian Royal Palace
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5700779 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tara Chittenden (0000-0002-5660-5426, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 173-186 |
| Publication date | 2010-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Heritage Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1352-7258 • E-ISSN: 1470-3610 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13527251003620610 |
| OpenAlex | W2060314411 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 8 |
A problem facing many custodians and curators of historic buildings is how to create a sense of history and awaken a connection with the past for contemporary visitors. With the help of secondary material such as video projections, audio guides and costumed interpreters, visitors are enabled to imagine what life might have been like before the building was ‘museumified’. This article discusses Peter Greenaway’s video installation Peopling the Palaces, created for a seventeenth‐century Italian Palace in Turin, and examines its potential as a means of returning ‘life’ to preserved historic interiors. Greenaway’s installation is a prime example of how projecting characters directly onto walls and ceilings can bring a building to life and envelope the visitor within an historical imaginary. The article proposes that this fascinating meeting of theatre, technology and museology within a historic Palace offers exciting potential for augmenting the visitor experience of heritage sites
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Custodians · Exhibition · Fountain · The Imaginary · Visitor pattern · Visual arts · History · Museology · Photography and Visual Culture · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism · Visual Culture and Art Theory
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2018 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |