Definition of Predellas. Meaning of Predellas. Synonyms of Predellas

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Definition of Predellas

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 Predellas from wikipedia

- George for Orsanmichele. Examples of predellas include: Duccio – the predella of his Maestà – one of the earliest predellas. Lorenzo MonacoIncidents in the...
- 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...
- bequeathed to the National Gallery, London, by Ludwig Mond, and a three-panel predella from which one panel is lost; the two surviving panels are Eusebius of...
- Towards 1450 he finished the figures of St. Andrew and St. Bernardino. The predellas, with five scenes of Jesus's life, were mostly executed by ****istants...
- Gardner Museum, Boston - predella Flight into Egypt, tondo, 38 cm (diameter), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York - predella Adoration of the Magi, tondo...
- 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...
- other paintings that made up the grouping for the altarpiece. Of the predellas, the only that remains is Saint John the Baptist Preaching, the others...
- 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...
- is an tiny episode of Adam and Eve being evicted from Paradise. In its predella, the Annunciation of San Giovanni Valdarno is displa**** with five scenes...
- comprise the predella, were taken in 1797 by the French. While the main, central scene was returned by the French to Verona in 1815, the three predella paintings...