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triptych

[ trip-tik ]

noun

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


triptych

/ ˈ³Ù°ùɪ±è³Ùɪ°ì /

noun

  1. a set of three pictures or panels, usually hinged so that the two wing panels fold over the larger central one: often used as an altarpiece
  2. a set of three hinged writing tablets
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of triptych1

1725–35; < Greek ³Ù°ùí±è³Ù²â³¦³ó´Ç²õ of three plates, equivalent to tri- tri- + ptych- (stem of ±è³Ùý³æ ) plate + -os adj. suffix
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of triptych1

C18: from Greek triptukhos , from tri- + ptux plate; compare diptych
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Boundary-pushing Argentine auteur Lisandro Alonso weaves an ambitious triptych traveling across the Americas and across centuries to examine the experiences of Indigenous peoples in the aftermath of colonization.

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Three Women is a three-part artwork known as a triptych, that features subjects referenced in one of her previous works, Trilogy.

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A “Black Lives Matter†triptych, made for the Central Library’s “21 Collections†exhibition, sat above the fireplace.

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Along with a painting of a maternal figure, the two targeted sunflower paintings form part of a triptych of works being shown together.

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It his part of a triptych of works being presented together - two Sunflower paintings, with La Berceuse, a painting of a maternal figure, in the middle.

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