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  2. Triptych - Wikipedia

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    A triptych (/ ˈ t r ɪ p t ɪ k / TRIP-tik) is a work of art (usually a panel painting) 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 for all multi-panel works. The middle panel is typically the largest and it is ...

  3. Three Girls (painting) - Wikipedia

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    Three Girls, also known as Group of Young Girls, is a painting by Hungarian-Indian artist Amrita Sher-Gil. It was painted in 1935 shortly after Sher-Gil returned to India from Europe in 1934. [2] The painting won the Gold Medal at the annual exhibition of the Bombay Art Society in 1937. The painting was part of a batch sent to Nawab Salar Jang ...

  4. Panel painting - Wikipedia

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    A panel painting is a painting made on a flat panel of wood, either a single piece or a number of pieces joined together. Until canvas became the more popular support medium in the 16th century, panel painting was the normal method, when not painting directly onto a wall ( fresco ) or on vellum (used for miniatures in illuminated manuscripts ).

  5. Polyptych - Wikipedia

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    A polyptych (/ ˈ p ɒ l ɪ p t ɪ k / POL-ip-tik; Greek: poly-"many" and ptychē "fold") is a work of art (usually a panel painting) which is divided into sections, or panels. Some definitions restrict "polyptych" to works with more than three sections: [ 1 ] a diptych is a two-part work of art; a triptych is a three-part work; a tetraptych or ...

  6. Primavera (Botticelli) - Wikipedia

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    Venus standing in her arch.. The painting features six female figures and two male, along with a cupid, in an orange grove. The movement of the composition is from right to left, so following that direction the standard identification of the figures is as follows: At the far right, "Zephyrus, the biting wind of March, kidnaps and possesses the nymph Chloris, whom he later marries and ...

  7. Category:Panel painting - Wikipedia

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    Oil on panel paintings (200 P) Pages in category "Panel painting" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.

  8. Three Graces (Raphael) - Wikipedia

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    The image depicts three of the Graces of classical mythology. It is frequently asserted that Raphael was inspired in his painting by a ruined Roman marble statue displayed in the Piccolomini Library of the Siena Cathedral—19th-century art historian [Dan K] held that it was a not very skillful copy of that original—but other inspiration is possible, as the subject was a popular one in Italy.

  9. The Pioneer (painting) - Wikipedia

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    The left panel shows the selector and his wife settling on their selection; in the foreground, the woman is deep in thought. In the centre panel, the baby in the woman's arms indicates that some time has elapsed. A cottage, the family home, can be seen in a clearing through the trees. The right panel shows a man crouching over a grave.