al·tar·piece (ôl t r-p s )n. A piece of artwork, such as a painting or carving, that is placed above and behind an altar. |
altarpiece
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a painting or a decorated screen set above and behind the altar in a Christian church
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altarpiece Noun a painting or a decorated screen set above and behind the altar in a Christian church
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to the way the frames of the altarpieces are incorporated into the
design. ``Lords of Creation: The Origins of Sacred Maya
Kingship,'' at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, displays
rarely seen works, from precious jewels to large altarpieces, that
reflect the divine status of mortal kings thousands of years ago in
southern Mexico and Central America. One
of his most significant innovations was the use of a simple rectangular
format for altarpieces, more adaptable to the creation of
three-dimensional space than the traditional polyptych format. |
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