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predella

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

predella , Italian term for a painted panel, usually small, belonging to a series of panels at the bottom of an altarpiece. The form was used mainly in Italy from the 13th to the 16th cent. Often added as a "footnote" to the main theme of an altarpiece, predella panels generally consist of narrative scenes, e.g., the Passion of Jesus or the lives of the saints. The artist had an opportunity to express himself with more inventiveness and vivacity in these episodes than in the main panel, where the image was conventionalized to a greater extent. Several beautiful panels from back of the Maestà by Duccio are in the National Gallery, Washington, D.C., which also has two scenes by Domenico Veneziano.

Bibliography: See study by R. Salvini and L. Traverso (tr. 1961).

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The Oxford Dictionary of Art | 2004 | | Copyright

predella (Italian: ‘platform’, ‘altar step’). A small painting or series of paintings beneath the main part of an altarpiece. Predellas are often found in Italian polyptychs of the 14th and 15th centuries; they are less common in other countries. By extension, the term is sometimes applied to any subsidiary picture forming an appendage to a larger one.

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predella

A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 2000 | | Copyright

predella.
1. Gradino or step at the top of an altar supporting the altar-piece. It may have panels describing events in the lives of Saints and be associated with a triptych.

2. Platform or steps on which an altar stands.

3. Ledge or ledges surmounting an altar to hold the Crucifix, painting, etc.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists | 2003 | | Copyright

predella. A small painting or series of paintings arranged horizontally beneath the main part of an altarpiece. Predellas are most commonly found in Italian polyptychs of the 14th and 15th centuries.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | Copyright

predella.
1. The platform on the uppermost of the steps to an altar, on which the priest formerly stood when celebrating Mass;

2. the lowest piece of a reredos.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

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