Altarpiece, retable, reredos, predella
An altarpiece is a carving, painting, sculpture, screen or decorated wall made for a Christian church altar, the table at which mass is said.
Altarpiece
Painting placed on or behind the altar of a Christian church as a focus for worship. Usually depicts scenes from the life of Christ, especially the Crucifixion, or from the life of the Virgin Mary.
Altarpiece of the Holy Sacrament (1464-68)
St Pieterskerk, Leuven
Central panel: 180 x 150 cm
Wings: 88 x 71 cm (each) ...
Tour: Netherlandish and Spanish Altarpieces in the Late 1400s and Early 1500s
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Altarpiece
Any of a variety of decorated panels-often gilded in gold leaf- screens or shrines rising behind an altar to signify its importance and authority, to tell an associated legend and so on.
Altarpiece : An individual or group of panels or screens located near or on the altar.
Annulet : A circular finishing found on pillars or piers, sometimes decorated with carvings.
altarpiece
altered proportion - A technique used by an artist to change the size relationship of shapes in an artwork.
Also see miniature, monumental, and proportion.
Altarpiece
Artwork including a painting and carved or painted panels and statuary that is placed on or behind the altar of a place of worship. The subject is usually religious genre or figures.
Altarpiece - a work of art that decorates the space above and behind the altar in a Christian church. Painting, relief, and sculpture in the round have all been used in altarpieces, either alone or in combination.
Beaune Altarpiece. Damned souls. Detail of the interior part. c.1450. Oil on panel, partially transferred on canvas. Musee Hotel-Dieu, Beaune, France.
Braque Triptych. Detail. c.1450. Oil on panel. Louvre, Paris.
Altarpiece
A painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table
Aquatint
A method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a watercolor ...
Altarpiece
A devotional piece of art place above or behind the altar in a Christian church ...
Altarpiece- A panel, painted or sculpted, situated above and behind an altar. Return to top
Altered Proportion - A technique used by an artist to change the size relationship of shapes in an artwork. Return to top ...
The altarpiece combines two scenes common in Quattrocento iconography: the Coronation (which occupies the upper part of the picture) and the Giving of the Girdle to St Thomas (in the lower part), ...
Ghent Altarpiece, by Hubert and Jan van Eyck
The Arnolfini Portrait, by Jan van Eyck
The Portinari Triptych, by Hugo van der Goes
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Mérode Altarpiece
This tiny milestone in the history of Flemish paintings is by the "Master of Flémalle.
The Merode Altarpiece was created by Robert Campin, a Flemish artist (previously known as "the Master of Flemale").
polyptych - An altarpiece made up of more than three sections. (pr. pohl'ip-tik)
polyropylene - A plastic material highly suitable for the acid-free archival storage of works on paper and other small two-dimensional object.
DONOR: a client or patron of an artist who donates the work to an institution; in altarpieces the donor and family were often included in the painting
DRAWING: usually a work in pen, pencil, or charcoal on ...
polyptych A painting (usually an altarpiece) made up of a number of panels fastened together. Some polyptychs were very elaborate, the panels being housed in richly carved and decorated wooden frameworks.
- The Ghent Altarpiece (1432) Jan van Eyck and Hubert van Eyck
- The Flagellation (1460) by Piero della Francesca
- Mona Lisa (1503) Leonardo da Vinci
- School of Athens (1511) Raphael
- Isenheim Altarpiece (1512-15) by Matthias Grunewald ...
According to Vasari, Orcagna was the leading Florentine artist of his generation and attributed many great works to him, including the altarpiece of The Redeemer with the Madonna and Saints in the Strozzi Chapel.
The National Humanities Center: Icon or Altarpiece?
Jaroslav Folda is N.Ferebee Taylor Professor of Art History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The Wilson Diptych is a small folding altarpiece, which is presumed to have been commissioned by King Richard II of England for his private devotions.
Diptych: Painting usually an altarpiece made up of two hinged panels
Disegno: See under design.
Divisionism: Another name given by Georges Seurat to what is now caIIed Pointillism, based on the viewer's optical mixing of dots of colour.
The Crucifixion, central panel of the Isenheim Altarpiece Matthias Grünewald (1470-1528) is a highly regarded figure from the German Renaissance. ...
He was fascinated by the expressive intensity of the Isenheim Altarpiece and created his own version: a nine section polyptych of the life of Christ.
Disjunctive narrative, International style, Siennese, maniera greca, altarpiece, tempera, polyptych, triptych, patron, modeling, fresco (buono fresco, fresco secco)
4. 15th century Outside Italy (1400-1500) ...
predella - A decorative frieze or border element running along the front of an altarpiece at the foot usually consisting of several pictures.
refectory - church dining hall ...
In painting, 'predella' refers to the paintings or sculptures running along the frame at the bottom of an altarpiece. They often consist of narrative scenes, e.g. scenes in the life of a particular saint.
Tryptich
A set of three paintings, related in subject and set side by side. Originally used as altarpieces. Works in this style date from the medieval time. Today, we see the style used in many decorative paintings.
Diptych
A painting or relief carving on two hinged panels, usually an ALTARPIECE.
Direct Painting
The same as ALLA PRIMA.
The Renaissance: An Art History 101 Overview Renaissance Treasures at the Getty Center Raphael at the Met: The Colonna Altarpiece
"R" Artists
Rembrandt van Rijn Henri Rousseau Peter Paul Rubens ...
Art consisting of a painting or carving on three panels, often hinged together. This was commonly constructed for altarpieces during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
Artwork on more than three panels. Historically, painting or bas-relief set in an architectural frame or hinged together. Typically used as an altarpiece.
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Polyptych
Refering to artwork on more than three panels. Historically, the term would refer to a painting or bas-relief set in an architectural frame or hinged together. This type of polyptych was typically used as an altarpiece.
This can be found within the realm of Armenian art. This style was used frequently by ancient Roman craftsmen to depict an image and were often used as an altarpiece. From Greek triptukhos, threefold.
 See also: Painting, Panel, Renaissance, Portrait, Roman
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