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altarpiece [ˈɔːltəˌpiːs] n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a work of art set above and behind an altar; a reredos ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The young Dominican's first major commission, painted between
1419 and 1421, was the main altarpiece for the church of San Domenico in
Fiesole. For example, his early reinterpretations of the
Annunciation as a single-panel altarpiece (Madrid and Cortona), where
painted architecture both proposed and transgressed the traditional
divisions of a triptych, were further developments of the Lorenzetti
experiments in the fourteenth century. The sixty-member Juilliard Choral Union joined the dancers upstage
in an altarpiece from which the dancers descended. |
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altarpiece - a painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table