altarpiece
noun
al·tar·piece
ˈȯl-tər-ˌpēs 
: a work of art that decorates the space above and behind an altar
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As a lapsed Catholic, I was awed by the brilliance of this altarpiece.
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Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 19 Dec. 2024
About half of the 500 items in the exhibition come from the Brooklyn Museum’s collections, including historic coins, Greek jewelry, Japanese screens and Renaissance altarpieces.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
The magnificence of the technology is on full display in a bravura sequence in which Tóth and Van Buren travel to the marble quarries of Carrara, Italy, to select a piece of stone for the altarpiece that will sit in the Institute’s chapel.
—Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
The nature of optics, or how the eye sees as light’s conduit, is the focus of an altarpiece fragment by Giotto from the San Diego Museum of Art.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 19 Dec. 2024
About half of the 500 items in the exhibition come from the Brooklyn Museum’s collections, including historic coins, Greek jewelry, Japanese screens and Renaissance altarpieces.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
The magnificence of the technology is on full display in a bravura sequence in which Tóth and Van Buren travel to the marble quarries of Carrara, Italy, to select a piece of stone for the altarpiece that will sit in the Institute’s chapel.
—Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
The nature of optics, or how the eye sees as light’s conduit, is the focus of an altarpiece fragment by Giotto from the San Diego Museum of Art.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Altarpiece.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/altarpiece. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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