Museums' treasures endure, but how we see them may change
Published 25 Jun 2020, 20:51 BST
A window in the Santa Maria della Scala frames Siena's Duomo, flanked by paintings by Sergio Vacci: Project for a Cosmic Dinner, 1962 (left), and Brindisi to Guido Reni, 1964 (right).
Photograph by Paolo Woods and Gabriele Galimberti
Mosaics excavated from the grand houses of ancient Pompeii flank the walls of the National Archaeological Museum in Naples.
Photograph by Paolo Woods and Gabriele Galimberti
A weath of ancient Egyptian shabti, figurines meant to help their owner in the afterlife, repose in a case in Naple's National Archaeological Museum.
Photograph by Paolo Woods and Gabriele Galimberti
A Roman-era statue of a lion greets visitors at the main stairway of the National Archaeological Museum in Naples.
Photograph by Paolo Woods and Gabriele Galimberti
A security guard observes Luca Giordano's Rape of Elena (1665) at the Galleria d'Italia in Naples.
Photograph by Paolo Woods and Gabriele Galimberti
Donatello's David (1440) stands sentinel in Florence's Bargello Museum.
Gianbologna's weary Oceanus (1585) looks on Fisher Boy (Vincenzo Gemito, 1874) in the Bargello Museum.
Michelangelo's iconic David (1504), poses alone with his shadow in Florence's Galleria dell’Accademia.