Polyptych

Polyptych A painting made up of more than three panels. Paintings of three panels are triptychs and of two, diptychs. (See Altarpiece.) Gilbert & George Death Hope Life Fear 1984 ...

Polyptych An altarpiece that has been done on two or more separate panels. A diptych is two panels; a triptych is three panels; a pentaptych is five panels; but most altarpieces done in three panels or more are called polyptych.

Polyptych of Saint Augustine: Saint Augustine and Saint Michael the Archangel 1454 Polyptych of Saint Augustine:Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Nicholas of Tolentino ...

Polyptych: A single work comprised of multiple sections, panels, or canvas. Diptych= two, triptych=three. Return to top ...

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.

Polyptych Artwork on more than three panels. Historically, painting or bas-relief set in an architectural frame or hinged together. Typically used as an altarpiece. Pommele ...

Polyptych. Painting or panel in more than three sections which are hinged together. Three paintings or panels are known as a tryptych. These paintings often formed altar panels.

polyptych - An artwork such as an altarpiece made up of more than three panels or sections, often hinged. A four-paneled one is a quadriptych. A two-paneled artwork is a diptych. A three-paneled one is a triptych. (pr. POHL-ip-tək) ...

Polyptych No. 28 Definite Duccio authorship is ascribed to the Madonna of the Polyptych no. 28 in the Pinacoteca of Siena.

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.

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.

One of the most important of 15th-century Netherlandish painters was Jan van Eyck who, with some assistance from his brother Hubert, painted the remarkable polyptych (many-paneled) Ghent Altarpiece (completed 1432, Church of Saint Bavon, Ghent, ...

Two hinged panels comprise a diptych, three a triptych, five or more being a polyptych.

During this period panel painting for altarpieces, often polyptyches and smaller works became newly important.

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) ...

Two parts = diptych Three parts = triptych Four parts = tetraptych Five parts = pentaptych Six parts = hexaptych Seven parts = heptaptych Eight parts = octaptych Four or more parts is also called a polyptych.

See also: Painting, Panel, Altarpiece, Composition, Portrait