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Definition of Predella

Predella
Predella Pre*del"la, n. [It.] The step, or raised secondary part, of an altar; a superaltar; hence, in Italian painting, a band or frieze of several pictures running along the front of a superaltar, or forming a border or frame at the foot of an altarpiece.

Meaning of Predella from wikipedia

- In art a predella (plural predelle) is the lowest part of an altarpiece, sometimes forming a platform or step, and the painting or sculpture along it,...
- 1437 and completed in 1438. It consists of a main panel followed by a predella. The main panel, Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels with St. Frediano...
- Saint James and Saint Lucy Predella is a circa 1426 to 1428 series of five tempera on panel paintings by Beato Angelico. Together, and possibly with other...
- crystallized, in the changing colour harmonies of blue and pink. In the predella there are five scenes from Mary's life ( Birth and Marriage, the Visitation...
- throughout the painting, some of which are particularly notable in the predella. Naturalistic lighting in both the foreground and the background of the...
- of the Doni Tondo by Michelangelo. The main painting originally had a predella, consisting of scenes of the Annunciation, the Adoration of the Christ...
- housed in the Ospedale degli Innocenti gallery in Florence, Italy. The predella, painted by Bartolomeo di Giovanni, is in the same site. On 28 October...
- Corpus Domini, a brotherhood of laymen. During this time, he painted the predella for their new altarpiece with the Miracle of the Profaned Host. (The main...
- was commissioned. Various suggestions have been offered, including as a predella for an altarpiece, a free-standing work, or an ornament for a sepulchre...
- Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, and was destro**** in 1945. From left to right, the predella shows: Saint Mamas in prison before being thrown to the lions The beheading...