Portable artist lights are designed to provide appropriate illumination that supports artists’ visual needs for task visibility, color accuracy and luminance uniformity. The use of desk or floor lamps is intended to deliver lighting that is flexibly adaptable to task needs. Light is radiant energy which can produce a visual sensation by exciting the retina. This sensory interaction is an essential determinant of visual perception that allows the human brain to foster senses of the colors, shapes, shadows, highlights, patterns, and textures that make up the visual arts. The cascade of neurological activities arising as the human visual system carries out the complex processing of perceptual responses begins with incident light generated by a light source. Since the perceptual response is, ultimately, a construct of the brain, the signals to the brain will vary depending on the quantity and composition of incident light. That is to say, how the task surface (e.g., a canvas or a piece of art paper) is illuminated will fundamentally influence an artist’s aesthetic judgements.
at the Open Lighting Product Directory (OLPD)
