A lighting system for illuminating artwork includes a housing; a lamp mounted
within
the housing and including a halogen bulb and a reflector, said reflector having
a dichroic coating; a linear spread lens positioned in front of the lamp, said
lens having an etched first portion and a lighter etched second portion of a first
surface, and said lens further having a color-adjusting tint and an ultraviolet
filter coating; and a door associated with the housing directing the light emitted
by the lighting system through the linear spread lens. The resulting lighting system
produces safe light diffused evenly substantially over the entire surface of a
piece of artwork.
