- A
baldachin, or
baldaquin (from Italian: baldacchino), is a
canopy of
state typically placed over an
altar or throne. It had its
beginnings as a cloth...
- St. Peter's
Baldachin (Italian:
Baldacchino di San Pietro, L'Altare di Bernini) is a
large Baroque sculpted bronze canopy,
technically called a ciborium...
- the more
general term of
baldachin,
though ciborium is
often considered more
correct for
examples in churches. A
baldachin (originally an
exotic type...
- The
Baldachin from Tost is a
painted baldachin exhibited at the
National Art
Museum of
Catalonia in Barcelona. The
panel of the
Baldachin from Tost, which...
- The
baldachin of
Ribes (Catalan: baldaquí de Ribes) is a
fragmentary altar-canopy in the
Romanesque style now in the
Episcopal Museum of Vic. It is the...
- high
above the ground, with a
sarcophagus surmounted by an
elaborate baldachin,
topped by a
statue of the deceased,
mounted and
wearing armour. According...
- ombrellino, or in the
English language as an umbrella. It is
shaped as a
Baldachin-type
canopy with
broad alternating gold and red stripes, the traditional...
- of
power and strength. A
throne can be
placed underneath a
canopy or
baldachin. The
throne can
stand on
steps or a dais and is thus
always elevated....
-
within the church, with the
first one
being the one
under St. Peter's
Baldachin. It
stands to
remind visitors of the
Catholic Church's authority. On 27...
- and
weighs eight tons. The life of
Saint Paul is
honored by a
bronze baldachin, as well as m****ive
bronze Te Deum and
Magnificat grilles. The cathedral...
