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predella

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predella [prɪˈdɛlə (Italian) preˈdɛlla]
n pl -le [-liː (Italian) -le]
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a painting or sculpture or a series of small paintings or sculptures in a long narrow strip forming the lower edge of an altarpiece or the face of an altar step or platform
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a platform in a church upon which the altar stands
[from Italian: stool, step, probably from Old High German bret board]
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It uses the format of a Renaissance altarpiece with the main scene in a large panel and a smaller predella panel below.
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The work's multiple-panel support purposely mimics the traditional altarpiece, with its central triptych, two wing panels, and predella.
Cliff Evans: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum by Miller, Francine Koslow / Artforum International
Even in Siena the main panels are divided between the church and the picture gallery; and the five predella panels from the base of the altarpiece are divided between three different collections.
Sienese painting at the London National Gallery by Bruce, Donald / Contemporary Review
 
 
 
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