Definition of altarpiece in English:

altarpiece

noun ˈɔːltəpiːsˈɒltəpiːsˈɔltərˌpis

A painting or other work of art designed to be set above and behind an altar.
Example sentencesExamples
- The Italian preference for an altarpiece focused on one painting did not catch on in Spain.
- Combining art and mass education, Lutheran artists also carefully redefined their own social role, now that the creation of statuary, frescoes, and altarpieces was condemned as ‘idolatrous’.
- Specifically, the Hood Museum of Art has acquired a variety of paintings, including an altarpiece, several easel paintings and some small devotional panels.
- We read this image afresh through the author's eyes, seeing how to interpret the crucifix which is at the heart of Luther's service of the word, as well as a constant presence in Cranach's altarpieces.
- Leafy branches hover above the shrine figures in the altarpieces of Tilman Riemenschneider and his contemporaries.
- The painted retables and carved altarpieces favored the ‘recollection, even the reliving of the moments of the Passion’.
- The Getty drawing must have been made in connection with a project for a painting, presumably an altarpiece, though no such picture is known.
- It meant that Rubens had to redo the altarpiece at his own expense and add two lateral paintings.
- A side chapel holds Jan van Eyck's Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, a huge altarpiece designed to be folded into sections, painted in 1432.
- This willful perversion of the prevailing practices of late medieval spiritual devotions is reinforced by Bosch's use of the very form traditionally devoted to altarpieces: the triptych.
- Presented in a folding triptych format reminiscent of Orthodox altarpieces, the black-and-white prints on wood celebrate the life and traditions of a community too often treated with disdain.
- Of course, Catholic England believed in the real presence of Christ himself in the Mass, and altarpieces like this were designed to remind the worshipper of the fact.
- It was merchants such as Nicolas Roxcox, wrapped in Baltic furs, who encouraged Rubens to repopulate parish churches with altarpieces of exceptional quality.
- Cecil Gould has sustained that the altarpiece includes a self-portrait of the artist in the guise of his name saint, Saint Anthony of Padua.
- Following his return from Italy, Van Dyck painted many altarpieces.
- Although it is often described as an altarpiece, this painting is far more likely to have served as an epitaph - a potential function of this and other pictures by Van Eyck that needs further study.
- Several authors, for example, observed that Rubens consciously painted the altarpiece for the Oratorians in Rome in the style of Paolo Veronese.
- In the altarpiece Mantegna portrays the Madonna extending her hand and bestowing special favor on the marquis, who is dressed in full armor.
- They also painted altarpieces and easel paintings for collectors, and developed genres such as landscape.
- The picture would be further cleaned with various solvents, gradually wiping away multiple layers of overpainting to which altarpieces and other works had been subjected over the centuries.

Definition of altarpiece in US English:

altarpiece

nounˈɔltərˌpisˈôltərˌpēs

A work of art, especially a painting on wood, set above and behind an altar.
Example sentencesExamples
- Presented in a folding triptych format reminiscent of Orthodox altarpieces, the black-and-white prints on wood celebrate the life and traditions of a community too often treated with disdain.
- Cecil Gould has sustained that the altarpiece includes a self-portrait of the artist in the guise of his name saint, Saint Anthony of Padua.
- Specifically, the Hood Museum of Art has acquired a variety of paintings, including an altarpiece, several easel paintings and some small devotional panels.
- In the altarpiece Mantegna portrays the Madonna extending her hand and bestowing special favor on the marquis, who is dressed in full armor.
- Leafy branches hover above the shrine figures in the altarpieces of Tilman Riemenschneider and his contemporaries.
- The painted retables and carved altarpieces favored the ‘recollection, even the reliving of the moments of the Passion’.
- Combining art and mass education, Lutheran artists also carefully redefined their own social role, now that the creation of statuary, frescoes, and altarpieces was condemned as ‘idolatrous’.
- Although it is often described as an altarpiece, this painting is far more likely to have served as an epitaph - a potential function of this and other pictures by Van Eyck that needs further study.
- The picture would be further cleaned with various solvents, gradually wiping away multiple layers of overpainting to which altarpieces and other works had been subjected over the centuries.
- They also painted altarpieces and easel paintings for collectors, and developed genres such as landscape.
- We read this image afresh through the author's eyes, seeing how to interpret the crucifix which is at the heart of Luther's service of the word, as well as a constant presence in Cranach's altarpieces.
- The Getty drawing must have been made in connection with a project for a painting, presumably an altarpiece, though no such picture is known.
- Of course, Catholic England believed in the real presence of Christ himself in the Mass, and altarpieces like this were designed to remind the worshipper of the fact.
- A side chapel holds Jan van Eyck's Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, a huge altarpiece designed to be folded into sections, painted in 1432.
- Following his return from Italy, Van Dyck painted many altarpieces.
- It was merchants such as Nicolas Roxcox, wrapped in Baltic furs, who encouraged Rubens to repopulate parish churches with altarpieces of exceptional quality.
- This willful perversion of the prevailing practices of late medieval spiritual devotions is reinforced by Bosch's use of the very form traditionally devoted to altarpieces: the triptych.
- The Italian preference for an altarpiece focused on one painting did not catch on in Spain.
- Several authors, for example, observed that Rubens consciously painted the altarpiece for the Oratorians in Rome in the style of Paolo Veronese.
- It meant that Rubens had to redo the altarpiece at his own expense and add two lateral paintings.

单词	altarpiece
释义	Definition of altarpiece in English: altarpiece noun ˈɔːltəpiːsˈɒltəpiːsˈɔltərˌpis A painting or other work of art designed to be set above and behind an altar. Example sentencesExamples The Italian preference for an altarpiece focused on one painting did not catch on in Spain. Combining art and mass education, Lutheran artists also carefully redefined their own social role, now that the creation of statuary, frescoes, and altarpieces was condemned as ‘idolatrous’. Specifically, the Hood Museum of Art has acquired a variety of paintings, including an altarpiece, several easel paintings and some small devotional panels. We read this image afresh through the author's eyes, seeing how to interpret the crucifix which is at the heart of Luther's service of the word, as well as a constant presence in Cranach's altarpieces. Leafy branches hover above the shrine figures in the altarpieces of Tilman Riemenschneider and his contemporaries. The painted retables and carved altarpieces favored the ‘recollection, even the reliving of the moments of the Passion’. The Getty drawing must have been made in connection with a project for a painting, presumably an altarpiece, though no such picture is known. It meant that Rubens had to redo the altarpiece at his own expense and add two lateral paintings. A side chapel holds Jan van Eyck's Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, a huge altarpiece designed to be folded into sections, painted in 1432. This willful perversion of the prevailing practices of late medieval spiritual devotions is reinforced by Bosch's use of the very form traditionally devoted to altarpieces: the triptych. Presented in a folding triptych format reminiscent of Orthodox altarpieces, the black-and-white prints on wood celebrate the life and traditions of a community too often treated with disdain. Of course, Catholic England believed in the real presence of Christ himself in the Mass, and altarpieces like this were designed to remind the worshipper of the fact. It was merchants such as Nicolas Roxcox, wrapped in Baltic furs, who encouraged Rubens to repopulate parish churches with altarpieces of exceptional quality. Cecil Gould has sustained that the altarpiece includes a self-portrait of the artist in the guise of his name saint, Saint Anthony of Padua. Following his return from Italy, Van Dyck painted many altarpieces. Although it is often described as an altarpiece, this painting is far more likely to have served as an epitaph - a potential function of this and other pictures by Van Eyck that needs further study. Several authors, for example, observed that Rubens consciously painted the altarpiece for the Oratorians in Rome in the style of Paolo Veronese. In the altarpiece Mantegna portrays the Madonna extending her hand and bestowing special favor on the marquis, who is dressed in full armor. They also painted altarpieces and easel paintings for collectors, and developed genres such as landscape. The picture would be further cleaned with various solvents, gradually wiping away multiple layers of overpainting to which altarpieces and other works had been subjected over the centuries. Definition of altarpiece in US English: altarpiece nounˈɔltərˌpisˈôltərˌpēs A work of art, especially a painting on wood, set above and behind an altar. Example sentencesExamples Presented in a folding triptych format reminiscent of Orthodox altarpieces, the black-and-white prints on wood celebrate the life and traditions of a community too often treated with disdain. Cecil Gould has sustained that the altarpiece includes a self-portrait of the artist in the guise of his name saint, Saint Anthony of Padua. Specifically, the Hood Museum of Art has acquired a variety of paintings, including an altarpiece, several easel paintings and some small devotional panels. In the altarpiece Mantegna portrays the Madonna extending her hand and bestowing special favor on the marquis, who is dressed in full armor. Leafy branches hover above the shrine figures in the altarpieces of Tilman Riemenschneider and his contemporaries. The painted retables and carved altarpieces favored the ‘recollection, even the reliving of the moments of the Passion’. Combining art and mass education, Lutheran artists also carefully redefined their own social role, now that the creation of statuary, frescoes, and altarpieces was condemned as ‘idolatrous’. Although it is often described as an altarpiece, this painting is far more likely to have served as an epitaph - a potential function of this and other pictures by Van Eyck that needs further study. The picture would be further cleaned with various solvents, gradually wiping away multiple layers of overpainting to which altarpieces and other works had been subjected over the centuries. They also painted altarpieces and easel paintings for collectors, and developed genres such as landscape. We read this image afresh through the author's eyes, seeing how to interpret the crucifix which is at the heart of Luther's service of the word, as well as a constant presence in Cranach's altarpieces. The Getty drawing must have been made in connection with a project for a painting, presumably an altarpiece, though no such picture is known. Of course, Catholic England believed in the real presence of Christ himself in the Mass, and altarpieces like this were designed to remind the worshipper of the fact. A side chapel holds Jan van Eyck's Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, a huge altarpiece designed to be folded into sections, painted in 1432. Following his return from Italy, Van Dyck painted many altarpieces. It was merchants such as Nicolas Roxcox, wrapped in Baltic furs, who encouraged Rubens to repopulate parish churches with altarpieces of exceptional quality. This willful perversion of the prevailing practices of late medieval spiritual devotions is reinforced by Bosch's use of the very form traditionally devoted to altarpieces: the triptych. The Italian preference for an altarpiece focused on one painting did not catch on in Spain. Several authors, for example, observed that Rubens consciously painted the altarpiece for the Oratorians in Rome in the style of Paolo Veronese. It meant that Rubens had to redo the altarpiece at his own expense and add two lateral paintings.
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