Diptych
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A diptych is an object made up of two flat plates or panels that form a pair, often joined by a hinge. In the ancient world, for example, the standard notebook or school exercise book often took the f
Ivory consular diptych of Areobindus, Byzantium, 506 AD, Louvre
Wax tablet and a Roman stylus
Barberini Ivory, Constantinople, 6th century, Louvre
Diptych with the Coronation of the Virgin and the Last Judgment, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Triptych
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A triptych is a work of art that is divided into three sections, or three carved panels that are hinged together and can be folded shut or displayed open. It is therefore a type of polyptych, the term
Diptych
…considerable wear from travelling, might have simpler decorative designs, including the coat of arms of the owner. Large altarpieces tended to be made in triptych form, with two outer panels that could be closed across the main central representation. They are one type of the multi-panel forms of painting known…
Triptych of the Raising of the Cross, Rubens, 1610–11, Antwerp Cathedral
The Aino Myth, the Kalevala based triptych by Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1891, Ateneum, Helsinki
The Stefaneschi Triptych, Giotto, c. 1315–20
Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights, 1490–1510. Museo del Prado, Madrid