Project!
The Triumph of Isabella is a digital theatre restoration project, that was done by the University of Maryland in collaboration with museums in London and Brussels!
The Triumph of Isabella Experience
What is The Triumph of Isabella?
“On May 31, 1615, the annual “Parade of the Craft Guilds” in Brussels, called the Ommegang, was dedicated to the Archduchess Isabella Clara Eugenia (1566-1633), co-sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands and one of the most remarkable women of seventeenth century. The event was memorialized by the studio of the court painter, Denys Van Alsloot (c. 1568-c.1626) in eight exquisitely detailed panels painted under the title “The Triumph of Isabella.””
Portion of Panel 6
Existing Project
The Project itself is a research project led by the University of Maryland, developed internationally with the Internation Program for Creative Collaboration. the project itself began in 2017 when the initiated research started on looking at these 17th century historical artwork from Brussels. With the help and collaboration of European museums such as the Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels and the Victora and LAbert Museum in London, who both helped to provide the High-resolution scans of the paintings, in collaboration of the University of Maryland School of theatre and Dance in 2018 Digitally reunited these panels of work in a year-long exhibit that then went on tour internationally in 2019 in venues such at the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Shakespear Globe in London!
The project also had the help of the Michele Smith Performing Arts Library and The School of Music.
Get to know more of the Art
How?
University of Maryland School of Theatre and Dance, alongside the help of the Victoria & Albert Museum all the way in London, took 7 of the eight panels of artwork, one is lost, and transformed it into an immersive experience utilizing sound design, animation, and augmented reality. The Victoria & Albert Museum provided Aid but provided the high-resolution scans of the seven panels of artwork.
More about it
I mainly talked about the experiences as a whole, focusing on the augmented reality of the painting, but there was so many other moving parts of the experience as a whole.
Immersive Experience
Costuming and overall performance brings the panels to real life right before your own very eyes.
Creating the Wagon
Watch as the scenic shop recreates a beautiful, detailed 3/4in scale model of a pageant wagon. 2D –> 3D
Augmentive Reality
Just with a camera, they allowed these panels to come to life with dialogue, sound, and movement right before the eyes of the spectators.