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Milan
Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper
Santa Maria Delle Grazie
high-tech
the journal Environmental Science and Technology
Napoleon
World War II
Milan is one of Europe's most polluted cities. And that puts Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper at risk. The painting has been on the wall of a dining hall in Milan's Santa Maria Delle Grazie monastery for more than 500 years. Particulates in the air from motor vehicles can accumulate and damage works of art. In response, Italian authorities installed a high-tech system of heating, ventilation and air conditioning. To test its efficacy, researchers installed air monitors throughout the room housing the masterpiece, and outdoors. Over a year, they found that fine particulates were reduced indoors by 88 percent, and coarse particulates by 94 percent, compared to the levels outside. The research was in the journal Environmental Science and Technology. The scientists say that's a huge success. The painting has been threatened before — by Napoleon's army, by the poor attempts of previous conservators, by bombs during World War II. Even airborne lipids from visitors' skin can pose a danger, mitigated by a strict regulation on the number of viewers. But if conservation measures are successful, The Last Supper should feed art lovers for centuries to come.
“最后的晚餐”保鮮術(shù) 米蘭在歐洲的眾多城市中污染比較嚴(yán)重。這已經(jīng)威脅到達(dá)芬奇的《最后的晚餐》。這幅油畫已經(jīng)在米蘭圣瑪麗亞修道院中的墻壁上存放了500年。 來(lái)自于機(jī)動(dòng)車尾氣的顆粒物,能夠積累并破壞類似的藝術(shù)作品。對(duì)此,意大利政府安裝了一臺(tái)集控溫、通風(fēng)和空氣調(diào)節(jié)于一體的高科技裝置來(lái)應(yīng)對(duì)此問(wèn)題。 為了測(cè)試這臺(tái)裝置的功效,研究人員們還在存放藝術(shù)作品的房間內(nèi)外安裝了許多空氣監(jiān)測(cè)裝置。持續(xù)一年的研究后,他們發(fā)現(xiàn),對(duì)比室外的監(jiān)測(cè),室內(nèi)的微小顆粒物減少了88%,粗大顆粒物減少了94%,這項(xiàng)研究結(jié)果已經(jīng)發(fā)表在《環(huán)境科學(xué)和技術(shù)》雜志上。 科學(xué)家們表示,這是一項(xiàng)巨大的成功。 這幅油畫一直以來(lái)都飽受摧殘——被拿破侖的軍隊(duì)威脅,被以前的收藏者隨意的存放,被二戰(zhàn)期間的炸彈威脅等等吧。甚至是參觀者皮膚上的油脂通過(guò)空氣傳播都能對(duì)油畫造成威脅,嚴(yán)格控制參觀者的數(shù)量還稍微能減輕一下這種耗損。 所以,如果此類保鮮技術(shù)能成功的應(yīng)用,《最后的晚餐》應(yīng)該還能供廣大藝術(shù)愛(ài)好者們享用個(gè)幾百年吧。 —Cynthia Graber 圣瑪麗亞修道院(santa maria delle grazie),教堂因?yàn)橛羞_(dá)芬奇的“最后的晚餐”壁畫而聞名世界。為了保護(hù)每天限定參觀的人數(shù),參觀最好事先預(yù)定。 --------------------------by hyjtb