altarpiece
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- noun
- /ˈɔltərˌpis/
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retablo
- Our church has withdrawn our patronage from painters and now it's our everyday lives, which are immortalized in the rich colors of the altarpieces.
- Lippi's altarpiece
- commissioning the altarpiece
- altarpiece decoration
Examples
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The work was originally a triptych altarpiece; the right-hand folding panel has been lost.
Blog text (34) -
The oratory was dedicated to the Decollation of the Baptist, and no other subject for its altarpiece would have been appropriate.
Academic text (2012) -
Inside, they found the altarpiece among other world treasures.
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This is the Ghent Altarpiece.
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It says the Altarpiece is one of the most desired pieces of art.
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I found a reference in my guidebook to an altarpiece in a side chapel, artist unknown.
Fiction book (1999) -
Savitz and Campbell flew the Altarpiece to Belgium.
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Holes had been bored into the altarpiece to accommodate a set of hammers.
Fiction book (1992) -
The painting The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, more commonly known as the Ghent Altarpiece, has become the world's most stolen artwork.
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The altarpiece behind the altar depicts scenes from the life of Christ.
Synonyms
A decorated screen behind and above a church altar
A decorated structure behind a church altar with paintings and carvings
Decorated screen behind an altar that holds candles or religious art
How Ornate
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Altarpiece is simply the words altar and piece, where altar means the church 'table' and piece means a 'single object', so an altarpiece is a 'piece' made for the 'altar', usually a painted or carved panel placed above or behind it.