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Examples of altarpiece
altarpiece
In 1475 a huge altarpiece of the Adoration of the Shepherds arrived in Florence.
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Still requiring an altarpiece, the monks employed Filippino Lippi to create one.
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He is most famous for an altarpiece dedicated to the life of Francis of Assisi.
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You could therefore call this altarpiece a species of consolation to the faithful.
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It would presumably have been an altarpiece, for a side-altar or small chapel.
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His first work, now lost, was an altarpiece for the church of Santa Sofia in 1448.
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Vittore Carpaccio painted an altarpiece image of this execution extravaganza.
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Early examples are Annalena altarpiece by Fra Angelico and others by Filippo Lippi.
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A prevalent tradition in Florence was the small altarpiece of the Virgin and Child.
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- A painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table
- An altarpiece is a picture or relief representing a religious subject and suspended in a frame behind the altar of a church. The altarpiece is often made up of two or more separate panels created using a technique known as panel painting. ...
- A work of art suspended above and behind an altar in a church
- A picture or sculpture that stands on or is set up behind an altar. The term reredos is used for an ornamental screen or partition, not directly attached to the altar table but affixed to the wall behind it. ...
- An image-bearing structure positioned on the rear of the altar.
- A devotional work of art placed behind or above a Christian altar (examples: Masaccio's Trinity, Michelangelo's Pieta, Titian's Pesaro Madonna, Bernini's St. Teresa).
- A painted or carved panel or winged structure placed at the back or behind an altar. Contains religious imagery, often specific to the place of worship for which it was made.
