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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,...
- 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...
- The Miracle of the Desecrated Host is a six-panel tempera-on-panel predella by Paolo Uccello, painted between 1467 and 1469 for the Confraternity of the...
- The Crucifixion is a panel in the central part of the predella (see image below) of a large altarpiece painted by Andrea Mantegna between 1457 and 1459...
- painting by the German artist Otto Dix on four wooden panels, a triptych with predella. The format of the work and its composition are based on religious triptychs...
- 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...
- (also Tours) and Crucifixion (Louvre), it originally formed part of the predella of the San Zeno Altarpiece, commissioned in 1457. It was produced in Padua...
- right corners, the heraldry of the Ughi or Cinquini family is visible. The predella shows three scenes from the saint's life: The Dream of Pope Innocent III...
- 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...