An old monument in the contemporary life : To change the look on the monument

This way to emphasize the monument can also change the look of the public on churches and cathedrals.

Thanks to these shows visitors can see concretely that the churches and cathedrals were entirely covered with colors! I’m sure that most of the people, that had seen a show presenting the old colors of the cathedral, didn’t know that the cathedrals where recovered entirely, it’s quite unbelievable.

Thanks to the researchers we can recreate the real colors and show the real side of the cathedral.

The Son et lumière is a show for everybody, young and old, experts in history or art or not at all. It’s a convivial show, for family too and can be less boring than a book to learn history; indeed, the creators make a link between fairytale, imagination and history, in order to move every visitor. As an example of collaboration I will quote the project of the city of Rouen that asked children to draw something that will be thrown on the cathedral during the show.

It’s a way to prove that heritage belongs to everybody, not only experts in the matter and that these old stones can be part of the contemporary life. With these new technics the cathedral is brought closer to the public sometimes a bit skeptical towards architecture.

 

Nevertheless the city or the company that realizes the show need to be careful with the message they want to pass to the public because it’s the one they will remember. People that aren’t interested or specialized in art can’t know some details of history, or famous character like Erasme, transformed into DJ Erasmus in Nancy’s spectacle, or even that Monet was very fund of Rouen’s cathedral that’s why they presented its famous painting for the show.

According to me, they need to change a bit these shows, it needs collaborations between technicians and historians of arts in order to create a most coherent show and deliver a message more concrete.