triptychs
Three-paneled altarpieces
Triptychs is the plural of triptych, a work of art in three panels or sections, typically hinged so the outer panels can fold over the center.
The form originated in religious painting, with altar pieces that could be opened for services and closed for protection.
The term now applies to any three-part artistic composition: a photographic triptych, a triptych of novels exploring the same family.
Religious art behind altar
- devotionalRelating to worship
- MadonnaChrist's mother, or pop icon
- saintsCanonized religious figures
- AnnunciationGabriel's announcement to Mary
panels · wings · hinged · folding · cathedral · chapel · medieval · Byzantine
Flat rectangular sections
- threefoldHaving three parts
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- BoschGerman industrial corporation
- BaconNotable English surname
hinged · wings · narrative · sequential · central · flanking · canvas · oil
Three linked creative works
- threefoldHaving three parts
- narrativeAccount of events
- sectionsDivided portions of something
- chaptersMain divisions of text
parts · structure · thematic · interconnected · Dante · medieval · devotional · illuminated
Ordered succession of elements
- seriesOrdered set of related items
- framesRigid enclosing structures
- montageAssembled sequence of images
- collageAssembled mixed-media artwork
panoramic · composite · juxtaposition · narrative · progression · time-lapse · contact · prints
altarpiece
Religious art behind altar
- devotionalRelating to worship
- MadonnaChrist's mother, or pop icon
- saintsCanonized religious figures
Annunciation · panels · wings · hinged · folding · cathedral · chapel · medieval · Byzantine · icon
panels
Flat rectangular sections
- threefoldHaving three parts
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- BoschGerman industrial corporation
Bacon · hinged · wings · narrative · sequential · central · flanking · canvas · oil · contemporary
trilogy
Three linked creative works
chapters · parts · structure · thematic · interconnected · Dante · medieval · devotional · illuminated · manuscript
sequence
Ordered succession of elements
- seriesOrdered set of related items
- framesRigid enclosing structures
- montageAssembled sequence of images
collage · panoramic · composite · juxtaposition · narrative · progression · time-lapse · contact · prints · darkroom
- German RenaissanceHans Holbein, Holbein, Nuremberg, Martin Luther, woodcuts
- artfine art, Renaissance, painters, masterpieces, paint
- visual artdrawing, fine art, painting, portrait, sketch
- visual mediafilm, video, drawing, photograph, television
- art museumspaintings, The Louvre, galleries, permanent collection, exhibitions
- gallery artpaintings, oil paintings, watercolors, sketches, drawings