polyptych

Examples of polyptych in the following topics:

• Flemish Painting in the Northern Renaissance

  • The majority of this work was presented as either panels, single altarpieces, or more complex altarpieces, which were usually in the form of diptychs or polyptychs.
  • While van Eyck completed many famous paintings, perhaps his most famous is the Ghent Altarpiece, a commissioned polyptych from around 1432.
  • The Ghent Altarpiece, a commissioned polyptych from around 1432, is perhaps van Eyck's most famous work.

• Graphic Arts

  • For the wealthy, small panel paintings, even polyptychs in oil painting, were becoming increasingly popular, often showing donor portraits alongside, though often much smaller than, the Virgin or saints depicted.

• Sculpture

  • Types of ivories included small devotional polyptychs, single figures, especially of the Virgin, mirror-cases, combs, and elaborate caskets with scenes from Romances, used as engagement presents.

• Gothic Sculpture

  • Additional objects typical of the time included small devotional polyptychs, single figures, especially of the Virgin Mary, mirror-cases, combs, and elaborate caskets with scenes from romances.

• German Painting in the Northern Renaissance

  • It is an intensely emotional work that continues the German Gothic tradition of unrestrained gesture and expression, using Renaissance compositional principles while maintaining the Gothic format of the multi-winged polyptych.

• Objects of Worship in the Middle Byzantine Empire

  • The panels could also be divided in two, known as diptychs, or sometimes had more than three panels, known as a polyptych.