triptych
triptych
Definition
trip·tych (trip′tik)
noun
- an ancient writing tablet of three leaves hinged together
- a set of three panels with pictures, designs, or carvings, often hinged so that the two side panels may be folded over the central one, commonly used as an altarpiece
Etymology: < Gr triptychos, threefold < tri-, tri- + ptychē (gen. ptychos), a fold
triptych
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- portrait: You can see a triptych of these portraits on my website, entitled ' Dancing with Darkness ' .
- screen: Drunk is shot in black and white on 16mm film and projected on a vast triptych of nearly contiguous screens.
- production: The first part of Red Shift's Picture House triptych of productions adapted from novels that spawned major motion pictures.
Converse of object
- create: Paul Rooney created a triptych of videos with a soundtrack reflecting the previous owner's memories of her flat.
- form: Graphic panels flank this to form a triptych, which appears to fold out to reveal the precious objects.
- paint: And was recently commissioned to paint a triptych for the Great North Run.
- see: You can see a triptych of these portraits on my website, entitled ' Dancing with Darkness ' .
Adjective modifier
- great: I was looking at a great triptych by Bosch and I got shocked.
- powerful: The late Ray Walker was commissioned to cover Army Recruitment in 1981 and produced a powerful triptych with pointed references to Northern Ireland.
- photographic: Firstly, a self-portrait: a black and white framed photographic triptych depicted Agut in three poses: as artist, model and viewer.
- beautiful: Another relic of this period is a beautiful triptych, looted from a chapel on one of the Spanish ships.
- original: They are both original triptych abstract canvas based paintings, formulating part of a current collection of work by the artist in this style.
- final: The final triptych will be exhibited in the gallery, accessioned to the Boro Art Collection, and put on the gallery website.
Modifies a noun
- painting: I mean, even the titles of the triptych paintings alert the viewer to the human presence as the subject matter.
- piece: His new show, Postcards from the Wedge, opens at Brixton's Fridge Gallery on 22 March and includes 10 triptych pieces.
- approach: These include environmental consequences such as multi-stage, convergence and the triptych approach as discussed below.
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