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triptych

/trip-tik/US // ˈtrɪp tɪk //UK // (ˈtrɪptɪk) //

三联画,三联诗,三联体,三要素

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Fine Arts. a set of three panels or compartments side by side, bearing pictures, carvings, or the like.
    • : a hinged, three-leaved tablet, written on, in ancient times, with a stylus.

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Examples

  • And the evangelicals have been especially irked by the recent sale of a Francis Bacon triptych for an astounding $142 million.

  • Yet each devoted his energies to matters of universal concern, and together they form a curious triptych on the mortal condition.

  • Everything is in motion, and the triptych panels often construct a narrative, like the frames of a film do.

  • "The Smoker," and "Mother and Daughter," a triptych, are two of her principal pictures.

  • There is in the Cluny Museum, in Paris, a beautiful triptych, evidently of the sixteenth century.

  • There is also a very little triptych, with a Descent from the Cross, and an inscription on the shutters.

  • In his native town, in the church of S. Gregorio, is a triptych by him, dated 1473.

  • Among the best is a triptych in the sacristy of the Cathedral representing the birth of the Virgin.