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predella

/pri-del-uh; Italian pre-del-lah/US // prɪˈdɛl ə; Italian prɛˈdɛl lɑ //UK // (prɪˈdɛlə, Italian preˈdɛlla) //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural pre·del·le [pri-del-ee; Italian pre-del-le]. /prɪˈdɛl i; Italian prɛˈdɛl lɛ/.

    • : Fine Arts. the base of an altarpiece, often decorated with small paintings or reliefs.

Examples

  • But this design is only the predella beneath the picture “Faith and Love.”

  • The three small predella pictures , the Nativity, the martyrdom of Sts.

  • The predella pictures are of scenes in the life of St. Hyacinth, who therefore is probably the subject of our panel also.

  • This picture was formerly the predella of an altar-piece in San Domenico at Fiesole.

  • Two compartments of a predella by him are in the Accademia at Florence, a fourth being in the Louvre.

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