The 3D PAD project aims to develop an open-access catalogue of chromatic layer pathologies
in easel paintings, presented in three dimensions.
This work is funded by national funds through FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.,
under the project reference CEECINST/00112/2018/CP1530/CT0024.
It is a pilot project.
This initiative seeks to enhance the spatial comprehension of damage present in artworks. Additionally, the project intends to employ scientific animations to elucidate the processes of degradation.
To ensure the project's quality and reliability, a multidisciplinary team has been assembled, comprising researchers with extensive expertise in: Conservation and restoration; Cultural heritage documentation 3D recording techniques; Digital representation; Scientific animation.
This project is structured into five distinct phases:
Archival research on extant images, catalogues, and atlases documenting painting degradation
Identify the pathologies that cause the greatest diagnostic uncertainty.
Pathologies: 3D images and models
Development of Scientific Animations Depicting Pathological Processes
Disclosure of 3D PAD Results: Website, E-book, 3D Models and Scientific Video.
Contact 3d.pad.e@gmail.com to get more information on the project
Acknowledgments to researcher Juan Salvador Sanabria Fernández from the University of Seville for his assistance in developing the e-book, to researcher Liliana Cardeira from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon for sharing some images, and Association of Collections, for providing the artworks for photographic acquisition and digitization.