Paris: The controversial redesign of the Interior of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris has been approved by the inheritance authorities, including the possibility of a softer and softer lighting of the mood lighting and lighting.
Church authorities insist on a plan – part of the broader rebuilding project after a devastating fire in 2019 – not revolutionary and will only offer a warmer remark visitor.
But changes have triggered criticism, with around 100 public figures who put their names for a piece of opinion in the right-wing newspaper Le Figaro on Wednesday saying they “fully damaged the decor and religious room” from Gothic landmarks.
It did not affect 20 experts on heritage commissions and national architecture, which voted in the church plan on Thursday.
“Experts provide a favorable verdict on the interior renovation program,” said the Ministry of Culture to AFP.
They have several small bookings, including wanting to see prototypes from new benches (with their own lights and mechanisms to lift them in and out of the floor) which will replace old straw chairs.
“We are very satisfied with this decision that respect the broad principles we describe, including work on lighting and guidance for visitors,” said Father Gilles Drouin, who was responsible for the interior renovation.
There were surprises around the world over the fire on April 15, 2019 which destroyed a lot of roofs and signed Notre-Dame, visited by around 12 million people per year.
The diocese took the opportunity to rework the interior in front of his plan to reopen in 2024.
The Ministry of Culture confirmed to the AFP that the Pioneer of Ernest-Ernest Street Art, and other modern artists such as Anselm Kiefer and Louise Bourgeois, were among the names considered to be displayed when installation The art of just replacing some of the 19th century recognition used a little.
Other ideas include a biblical quote that will be projected in various languages ​​on the wall and lighting softer.
One architect based in Paris told the art newspaper that this was at risk of playing Notre-Dame “to Disneyland”.
The critics at Le Figaro called on the authorities to honor Violet-Le-Duc’s work, the architect who overhauled the 12th century cathedral in the late 1800s, although in accordance with the Gothic style enjoying the resurrection at the time.