- Look up
retable in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
retable is a
structure or
element placed either on or
immediately behind and
above the
altar or...
- The
Retable of the
Virgin of
Montserrat is an oil on
panel triptych painted by
three Spanish painters: Bartolomé Bermejo, who
painted the
central panel...
- gemstones, to
imitate the
lavish goldsmith's
metalwork found on some
surviving retables and
shrines on the Continent, and the now destro****
Shrine of
Edward the...
- The
Nailloux Altarpiece (French: "
Retable de Nailloux")
embodies the
artistic style of
France during the
medieval era. The
Nailloux consisted of five...
-
sometimes confused with the term
retable.
While a
reredos generally forms or
covers the wall
behind an altar, a
retable is
placed either on the
altar or...
- The
Despenser Reredos or
Despenser Retable is a
medieval altarpiece now in St Luke's Chapel,
Norwich Cathedral. It is the cathedral's most
important work...
- The
Thornham Parva Retable is a
medieval altarpiece, now in
Thornham Parva, Suffolk, England. The
retable is
thought to have been
created in the 1330s...
-
Christopher Columbus, as well as many
important artworks,
including the
largest retable (altarpiece) in Spain. A
number of
later additions,
mostly in Plateresque...
- "Madonna and Child",
detail of the
retable in the
Church of the ****umption, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia...
-
inspiration for
Breton artists. The
region has a
great number of
baroque retables, made
between the 17th and the 19th century.
Breton sculptors were also...
