Retable

Retable
An architectural screen or wall above and behind an altar, usually containing painting, sculpture, carving or other decorations.

Retable - A superstructure found since 11th Century, either painted or carved, on the rear of the altar or on its own pedestal behind the altar, especially one with carved figures in the corpus or central part, ...

Retable - a ledge behind, or attached to, the high altar, where ornaments were placed.
Retro-choir - the area immediately behind the high altar.

RETABLE or REREDOS The screen or decorative wall treatment behind a church's altar.
REVEAL The inside surface of a doorway or window opening, usually the thickness of a wall.

retable In a church, a decorative wall treatment or screen behind the altar; also called a reredos.
reticulated Patterned, often in a net-like design.

retable (retablo): painted or carved screen behind an altar.
retrochoir: space to the east of the choir and high altar.

Retable:
Retro:
A contemporary retrospective view, which reinterprets some of the best-loved looks from the 1930's to 1980's. The mood of these pieces is playful and ironic.

See retable.
Ambulatory.
(Literally -walkway) An aisle round the sanctuary, sometimes surrounding an apse and therefore semi circular or Polygonal in plan.

The Churriguera family, which specialized in designing altars and retables, revolted against the sobriety of the Herreresque classicism and promoted an intricate, exaggerated, ...

altar In the Roman Church, a table at which the celebration of the Eucharist takes place. It is placed in a prominent place in the church, usually in the choir facing the main entrance to the church. See also retable, chapel, choir ...

In the medieval period the altar was a table or rectangular slab made of stone or marble, often set upon a raised step. After the Reformation the stone altars were replaced by wooden communion tables. See also choir, retable ...

A pilaster respond is set at the end of a colonnade, arcade etc. to balance visually the column which it faces.RetablePainted or carved panel standing on or at the back of an altar, usually attached to it.Reticulated tracery ...

RETABLE: a picture or piece of carving behind an altar. RETICULATED TRACERY: a form of window tracery, characteristic of the Decorated style, ...

Retable: An altarpiece, decorated with painting or sculpture which stands at the back of an altar. Retirata: Improvised fieldwork to counter an imminent breach. Revetment: Retaining wall to prevent erosion; to face a surface with stone slabs.

See also: Altar, Architecture, Ornament, Screen, Church