usually an altarpiece

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• altarpiece — /awl teuhr pees /, n. a painted or carved screen behind or above the altar or communion table in Christian churches; reredos. [1635 45; ALTAR + PIECE] * * * Painting, relief, sculpture, screen, or decorated wall standing on or behind an altar in… …   Universalium

• Altarpiece —    A painted or sculpted panel that either stands on the altar of a church or hangs above it, its primary function being to serve as visual focus during meditation or prayer. Altarpieces created in Italy during the 14th and 15th centuries often… …   Dictionary of Renaissance art

• Miraflores Altarpiece — The Miraflores Altarpiece. Oil on panel, 220.5cm × 259.5 cm. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin The Miraflores Altarpiece (or Triptych of the Virgin, or The Altar of Our Lady or the Mary Altarpiece) is a c. 1442 5 oil on oak wood …   Wikipedia

• Martinengo Altarpiece — Artist Lorenzo Lotto Year 1513 1516 Type Oil on panel Dimensions 520 cm × 250 cm (200 in × 98 in) Location …   Wikipedia

• Mérode Altarpiece — The Mérode Triptych, 1425–1428. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Mérode Altarpiece is a triptych by the Early Netherlandish painter Robert Campin, although believed by some to be by a follower, probably copying an original by Campin.[1]… …   Wikipedia

• polyptych — /ˈpɒlɪptɪk/ (say poliptik) noun a painted or sculptured ensemble, usually an altarpiece, composed of several connected panels. Compare diptych. {Late Latin polyptycha (neuter plural) account books, from Greek: having many folds} …  

• painting, Western — ▪ art Introduction       history of Western painting from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the present.       Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment (but see also drawing for discussion of depictions in …   Universalium

• David Wallin — Olympic medal record Art competitions Gold 1932 Los Angeles Paintings David August Wallin (born January 7, 1876 in Östra Husby parish in Östergötland County, Sweden, died June 27, 1957 in Stockholm, Sweden) was a Swedish artist. In 1932 he won an …   Wikipedia

• Poor Man's Bible — The term Poor Man s Bible has come into use in modern times to describe works of art within churches and cathedrals which either individually or collectively have been created to illustrate the teachings of the Bible for a largely illiterate… …   Wikipedia

• Donor portrait — This 15th century Nativity by Rogier van der Weyden shows the fashionably dressed donor integrated into the main scene, the central panel of a triptych. A donor portrait or votive portrait is a portrait in a larger painting or other work showing… …   Wikipedia

• Gilded woodcarving — in Portugal is, along with the tile, one of its most original and rich artistic expressions. It is usually used in the internal decoration of churches and cathedrals, but also as part of the decoration of noble halls in palaces and large public… …   Wikipedia