Word for 3 Pecies of Art All Panaled Together

Artwork divided into three parts

A triptych ( TRIP-tik; from the Greek adjective τρίπτυχον "triptukhon" ("three-fold"), from tri, i.e., "3" and ptysso, i.e., "to fold" or ptyx, i.e., "fold")^{[1] [ii]} is a work of fine art (usually a panel painting) that is divided into three sections, or iii carved panels that are hinged together and can be folded shut or displayed open. It is therefore a type of polyptych, the term for all multi-panel works. The middle panel is typically the largest and it is flanked by ii smaller related works, although there are triptychs of equal-sized panels. The grade tin also be used for pendant jewelry.

Beyond its clan with fine art, the term is sometimes used more than generally to connote anything with three parts, particularly if integrated into a single unit of measurement.^[three]

In fine art [edit]

The triptych class appears in early Christian fine art, and was a popular standard format for altar paintings from the Middle Ages onwards. Its geographical range was from the eastern Byzantine churches to the Celtic churches in the west. During the Byzantine period, triptychs were oft used for individual devotional utilise, along with other relics such as icons.^[4] Renaissance painters such as Hans Memling and Hieronymus Bosch used the grade. Sculptors also used it. Triptych forms besides allow ease of transport.

From the Gothic period onward, both in Europe and elsewhere, altarpieces in churches and cathedrals were often in triptych class. One such cathedral with an altarpiece triptych is Llandaff Cathedral. The Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp, Belgium, contains two examples past Rubens, and Notre Matriarch de Paris is another example of the use of triptych in compages. The grade is echoed by the structure of many ecclesiastical stained glass windows.

The triptych form's transportability was exploited during Earth War Two when a private citizens' committee in the United states of america commissioned painters and sculptors to create portable three-console hinged altarpieces for use by Christian and Jewish U.Southward. troops for religious services.^[5] By the end of the war, lxx artists had created 460 triptychs. Among the most prolific were Violet Oakley, Nina Barr Wheeler, and Hildreth Meiere.^[vi]

The triptych format has been used in not-Christian faiths, including, Judaism, Islam, and Buddhism. For instance: the triptych Hilje-j-Sherif displayed at the National Museum of Oriental Art, Rome, Italy, and a page of the Qur'an at the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts in Istanbul, Turkey, exemplify Ottoman religious art adapting the motif.^[7] Likewise, Tibetan Buddhists have used information technology in traditional altars.^[8]

Although strongly identified as a religious altarpiece course, triptychs outside that context have been created, some of the all-time-known examples being works by Max Beckmann and Francis Bacon. When Bacon'southward 1969 triptych, Three Studies of Lucian Freud, was sold in 2013 for $142.4 million,^[9] it was the highest price e'er paid for an artwork at auction at that time.^[ten] That record was cleaved in May 2015 past $179.4 meg for Pablo Picasso'south 1955 painting Les Femmes d'Alger.^[11]

In photography [edit]

Modern photographic triptych

A photographic triptych is a common style used in modern commercial artwork. The photographs are normally bundled with a obviously border between them. The work may consist of split images that are variants on a theme, or may be 1 larger prototype carve up into three.^{[12] [13] [14]}

Examples [edit]

• Stefaneschi Triptych by Giotto, c. 1330
• Announcement with St. Margaret and St. Ansanus by Simone Martini, 1333
• The Mérode Altarpiece by Robert Campin, late 1420's
• The Garden of Earthly Delights, Triptych of the Temptation of St. Anthony and The Haywain Triptych by Hieronymus Bosch
• The Portinari Altarpiece by Hugo van der Goes, c. 1475
• The Buhl Altarpiece, c. 1495
• The Raising of the Cantankerous by Peter Paul Rubens, 1610 or 1611
• The Aino Myth triptych past Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1891
• The Pioneer by Frederick McCubbin, 1904
• Deviation by Max Beckmann, 1932–33
• Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion by Francis Bacon, 1944

Gallery [edit]

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See also [edit]

• Diptych
• Polyptych
• Polyvision
• Three hares

References [edit]

1. ^ "triptych". Online Etymology Lexicon.
2. ^ τρίπτυχον . Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.
3. ^ "Triptych". Merriam-Webster Dictionary . Retrieved January 28, 2017. Although triptych originally described a specific blazon of Roman writing tablet that had three hinged sections, it is not surprising that the idea was generalized offset to a blazon of painting, and so to anything composed of three parts.
4. ^ 2014. History of the Earth in 1,000 Objects.London, New York. D.K. Publishing.
5. ^ Brawer, Catherine Coleman; Skolnick, Kathrine Tater (2014). The Fine art Deco murals of Hildreth Meière (First ed.). New York: Andrea Monfried Editions. ISBN978-0-9910263-0-2.
6. ^ Richmond-Moll, Jeffrey (Spring 2018). "Triptychs at State of war: Violet Oakley's Victory". Archives of American Art Journal. 57 (1): 22–43.
7. ^ Museum With No Frontiers (2007). Discover Islamic Art in the Mediterranean. Brussels, Belgium, Beirut, Lebanese republic: Museum With No Frontiers, Arab Institute for Enquiry and Publishing. p. 258. ISBN9789953369570 . Retrieved January 28, 2017.
8. ^ Wise, Tad; Beers, Robert; Carter, David A. (Baronial 25, 2004). Tibetan Buddhist Altars: A Pop-Upward Gallery of Traditional Art and Wisdom (Hardcover). New Globe Library. ISBN978-1577314677.
9. ^ "2013 Live Auction 2791 Mail service-War and Contemporary Evening Auction". Christies.com. Christie's. November 11, 2013. Retrieved xv March 2022.
10. ^ Vogel, Carol (November 12, 2013). "Salary's Study of Freud Sells for $142.four Meg". The New York Times . Retrieved November 12, 2013.
11. ^ A History Of Insane Art Prices Archived 2016-12-28 at the Wayback Machine Digg.com Retrieved xvi November 2015.
12. ^ Photo Answers Magazine Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Automobile 9 April 2009, Michael Topham
13. ^ Digital Photography School: Diptychs & Triptychs – 5 Prime Examples Elizabeth Halford
14. ^ Kay, Nate (3 January 2017), Triptych Photography Examples and Ideas, The Photo Argus, retrieved 28 June 2017
15. ^ Marcin Latka. "Triptych with Legend of Saint Stanislaus from Pławno". artinpl . Retrieved iii August 2019.

External links [edit]

Wait up triptych in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

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• The Institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper with St. Peter and St. Paul, Metropolitan Museum of Fine art
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• Example of triptych features and restoration

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