Genesis in Plaster: Designing and Making the Long Gallery at Lanhydrock

该研究项目将数字技术和艺术史分析结合起来，用于研究和传播Lanhydrock House （National Trust）长画廊的石膏天花板。它为这个重要的纪念碑提供了一种新的解释模式，它有可能改变西南地区几个类似遗址的公共角色。灰泥作品是17世纪英国西部艺术遗产的重要组成部分。精致的天花板和壁炉架是传达宗教、社会、家庭、性别和环境等复杂观点的关键。它们由现成的材料制成，代表了改革后英国真正的当地图像制作实践。Lanhydrock House的长画廊中的创世纪循环，在116英尺长，20英尺宽的桶形拱顶上有36个大型叙事场景，一直被认为是这一传统的核心。尽管它具有潜在的全球意义，但除了专家圈子之外，人们对天花板知之甚少，我们对它的委托、设计和制作的了解仍然有限。这是一个时间敏感的项目：国民信托基金会将于2024年开始修复天花板，并与普利茅斯大学合作，对桶形拱顶进行全面的3D数字和激光扫描（修复之前、期间和之后）。采用艺术史和数字遗产领域的方法，石膏中的创世纪跨学科项目将改变公众对天花板的理解和感知。在设计方面，该项目侧重于对一系列视觉来源的新识别，这些视觉来源激发了《创世纪》中丰富的描述。这些艺术史发现与数字遗产调查结合在一起。该项目将使用尖端的3D激光扫描技术，以前所未有的细节揭示石膏工程。这将为场景的材料创作和图像设计提供新的见解，建立天花板的国际进口。Lanhydrock住宅对创世纪周期的重新诠释将激发对西南地区17世纪灰泥工程的研究，因为它将为分析它们的物质和图像提供一个新的坚实的起点。调查天花板的数字扫描过程也将成为lanyrock一系列影响活动的基础，从2025年3月起直接通知新的游客路线和体验。3D模型将被整合到一部20分钟的关于长画廊的电影中，以平面屏幕和圆顶格式呈现。平面版将在国民信托网站和兰hydrock展出。圆顶版本将在英国和海外的沉浸式场地放映（首先在普利茅斯的市场大厅放映）。这两种设置都将包括1:1比例的有形3D打印。所有数字输出和3D扫描（摄影测量，激光雷达扫描和渲染版本）将存放在普利茅斯大学开放获取。

This research project brings together digital technology and art historical analysis for the study and dissemination of the plaster ceiling in the Long Gallery at Lanhydrock House (National Trust). It offers a new model for the interpretation of this key monument which has the potential to transform the public role of several similar sites in the Southwest.Plasterwork represents a significant part of the West Country's artistic heritage in the 17th century. Elaborate ceilings and mantelpieces were key in communicating complex views on religion, society, family, gender, and the environment. Made from readily available materials, they represent a genuinely local practice of image-making in post-Reformation Britain. The Genesis cycle in the Long Gallery at Lanhydrock House with its 36 large narrative scenes on a 116 feet long and 20 feet wide barrel vault has always been recognized as the centerpiece of this tradition. Despite its potential global significance, the ceiling is little-known beyond specialist circles and our knowledge of its commission, design, and making remains limited. This is a time-sensitive project: the National Trust is embarking on the restoration of the ceiling in 2024 and it has partnered up with the University of Plymouth to conduct full 3D digital and laser scans of the barrel vault (before, during, and after the restoration).Adapting methodologies from the field of art history and digital heritage, the Genesis in Plaster interdisciplinary project will transform the understanding and public perception of the ceiling. In terms of the design, the project focuses on the new identification of a set of visual sources that inspired the rich depictions of the Book of Genesis. These art historical findings are brought together with digital heritage surveys. The project will use cutting-edge 3D laser scanning to reveal the plasterwork in unprecedented detail. This will offer new insights into the material creation of the scenes and the design of their iconography, establishing the ceiling's international import. The reinterpretation of Genesis cycle at Lanhydrock House will galvanize the study of 17th century plasterwork in the Southwest since it will offer a new and solid starting point for the analysis of their materiality and iconography.The process of digital scanning to investigate the ceiling will also be the foundation for a series of impact activities at Lanydrock, directly informing the new visitor route and experience from March 2025. The 3D model will be integrated into c. 20 min long film about the Long Gallery in flat screen and dome formats. The flat screen version will be displayed on the National Trust website and at Lanhydrock. The dome version will be shown at immersive venues in the UK and overseas (first screening at Market Hall, Plymouth). Both settings will include 1:1 scale tangible 3D prints. All digital outputs and 3D scans (photogrammetry, lidar scans and render versions) are to be deposited open access at University of Plymouth.