Altarpiece

Quick meaning: Altarpiece is a noun meaning a work of art suspended above and behind an altar in a church.

Meaning

a work of art suspended above and behind an altar in a church.

Example Sentences

I walked across the concrete to examine the altarpiece of the atomic age. A large crack ran through it.

“It’s this snaggletoothed, little bird-footed homunculus caricature,” Bourneuf said. “Many artists at this time were trying to make new altarpieces. Klee tended to take a very skeptical distance from the sort of grandiose projects of many of his expressionist peers, so I think it’s actually kind of mocking those hopes.”

Word Forms

• altarpieces

Synonyms for altarpiece

Depending on context, synonyms include reredos.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include reredos, antechurch, acroterium, alto-relievo, acrography, arching.

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