altarpiece

Noun

Meaning

The painting or piece of sculpture above and behind the altar; reredos.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

reredos bema tableau chancel Hestia copy abstract altar icon abstraction diptych tapestry collage cyclorama mensal
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Antonyms

original mistake ignorance misunderstanding blindness misconception
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Hypernyms

screen

Phrases with the word

high altarpiece main altarpiece

Examples

According to the art historian Linda Siegel, the design of the altarpiece is the "logical climax of many earlier drawings of his which depicted a cross in nature's world." Source: Internet

Dürer created large numbers of preparatory drawings, especially for his paintings and engravings, and many survive, most famously the Betende Hände (Praying Hands) from circa 1508, a study for an apostle in the Heller altarpiece. Source: Internet

Ettlinger & Ettlinger:19 His first documented work was the Baronci altarpiece for the church of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino in Città di Castello, a town halfway between Perugia and Urbino. Source: Internet

Outer panels of the closed altarpiece: “The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb,” 1432, by Jan (circa 1390–1441) and Hubrect van Eyck (circa 1366/1370–1426). Source: Internet

However the painting was not finished until six years after his death, in 1432, so the degree to which the surviving altarpiece reflects his work, rather than that of Jan who took it over, remains much discussed. Source: Internet

It was originally part of the altarpiece of the church of San Gaggio in Florence. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

altarless altarlet altarlike altarstone altarware altarwise