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Definition of Altarpiece
1. Noun. A painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table.
Definition of Altarpiece
1. n. The painting or piece of sculpture above and behind the altar; reredos.
Definition of Altarpiece
1. Noun. a work of art suspended above and behind an altar in a church ¹
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Definition of Altarpiece
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Altarpiece
Literary usage of Altarpiece
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Van Dyck by Hermann Knackfuss (1899)
"was made a few years later, caused special precautions to be taken for the
protection of the precious work of art. The second altarpiece which Van Dyck ..."
2. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings edited by John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan Perkins (1887)
"Large altarpiece with many figures, Crucifixion, Andrea Mantegna, Louvre, Paris.
Trompes. Formerly in Solly Collection.— C. & C., Flemish Painters, 307. ..."
3. Nuremberg and Its Art to the End of the 18th Century by Paul Johannes Rée (1905)
"... altarpiece, in the Germanic Museum. dorf altarpiece, made for the Church of
the Augustinians, and now in the Germanic Museum,— though they are indeed ..."
4. Giovanni Della Robbia by Allan Marquand (1920)
"altarpiece, Pisa. 1520. Dated and Documented. 19. altarpiece, Fiesole. 1520.
Dated. 20. ... altarpiece, Lamporecchio. 1524. Dated by document. 30. ..."
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