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A triptych (/ ˈ t r ɪ p t ɪ k / TRIP-tik) is a work of art (usually a panel painting) that is divided into three sections, or three carved panels that are hinged together and can be folded shut or displayed open. It is therefore a type of polyptych, the term for all multi-panel works. The middle panel is typically the largest and it is ...
The closed view, back panels. A polyptych (/ ˈpɒlɪptɪk / POL-ip-tik; Greek: poly- "many" and ptychē "fold") is a work of art (usually a panel painting) which is divided into sections, or panels. Some definitions restrict "polyptych" to works with more than three sections: [1] a diptych is a two-part work of art; a triptych is a three-part ...
Diptych. A diptych (/ ˈdɪptɪk /, DIP-tick) is any object with two flat plates which form a pair, often attached by a hinge. For example, the standard notebook and school exercise book of the ancient world was a diptych consisting of a pair of such plates that contained a recessed space filled with wax. Writing was accomplished by scratching ...
The Ideal City (Italian: La città ideale) is the title given to three strikingly similar Italian Renaissance paintings of unresolved attribution. Being kept at three different places they are most commonly referred to by their location: The Ideal city of Urbino, Baltimore, and Berlin.
A combine painting or Combine is an artwork that incorporates elements of both painting and sculpture. [1][2][3] Items attached to paintings might include three-dimensional everyday objects such as clothing or furniture, as well as printed matter including photographs or newspaper clippings. The term is most closely associated with the artwork ...
Poplars. (Monet series) The Poplars series paintings were made by Claude Monet in the summer and fall of 1891. The trees were in a marsh along the banks of the Epte River a few kilometers upstream from Monet's home and studio. To reach his floating painting studio that was moored in place he went by small boat up the nearby waterway to where it ...
Houses of Parliament. (Monet series) Claude Monet painted several series of nearly 100 impressionist oil paintings of different views of the Thames River in the autumn of 1899 and the early months of 1900 and 1901 during stays in London. [1] One of these series consists of views of the Palace of Westminster, home of the British Parliament, and ...
España y Filipinas. España y Filipinas (“Spain and the Philippines") is a series of oil on wood paintings [1][2] by Filipino painter, Ilustrado, and revolutionary activist, Juan Luna. It is an allegorical depiction [3] of two women together, one a representation of Spain and the other of the Philippines. [4] The painting, also known as ...