polyptych
noun
po·lyp·tych
ˈpä-ləp-ˌtik 
pə-ˈlip-tik
pə-ˈlip-tik
: an arrangement of four or more panels (as of a painting) usually hinged and folding together
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Meanwhile, its artwork has been displayed around the world, including a five-panel polyptych at the United Nations during its AI for Global Good Summit in May 2024.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 Oct. 2024
The menu was already a polyptych of long, fluorescent tubes.
—Bryan A’hearn, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2024
This exquisite Gothic polyptych – an altarpiece with pivoting panels – was carved in the late 1400s by Veit Stoss.
—Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2023
This intense, imaginative polyptych—lauded by innumerable textbooks—ranks high among the most affecting artworks in all of art history.
—Judith H. Dobrzynski, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2023
The Ghent Altarpiece—aka the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb—is a 15th-century polyptych attributed to brothers Hubert and Jan van Eyck.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 29 July 2020
The Ghent altarpiece—aka the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb—is a 15th-century polyptych attributed to brothers Hubert and Jan van Eyck, displayed in the Saint Bavo Cathedral in Belgium.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2019
Titled Christ Mocked, the piece is believed to be part of a polyptych (a painting that consists of three or more panels) created in 1280, depicting Christ’s crucifixion.
—Hannah Chubb, PEOPLE.com, 29 Oct. 2019
So after dipping into Sint-Baafskathedraal to see the famous 15th-century polyptych Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, bump across the cobblestones and turn down onto Graslei quay.
—National Geographic, 14 Nov. 2019
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 Oct. 2024
The menu was already a polyptych of long, fluorescent tubes.
—Bryan A’hearn, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2024
This exquisite Gothic polyptych – an altarpiece with pivoting panels – was carved in the late 1400s by Veit Stoss.
—Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2023
This intense, imaginative polyptych—lauded by innumerable textbooks—ranks high among the most affecting artworks in all of art history.
—Judith H. Dobrzynski, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2023
The Ghent Altarpiece—aka the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb—is a 15th-century polyptych attributed to brothers Hubert and Jan van Eyck.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 29 July 2020
The Ghent altarpiece—aka the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb—is a 15th-century polyptych attributed to brothers Hubert and Jan van Eyck, displayed in the Saint Bavo Cathedral in Belgium.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2019
Titled Christ Mocked, the piece is believed to be part of a polyptych (a painting that consists of three or more panels) created in 1280, depicting Christ’s crucifixion.
—Hannah Chubb, PEOPLE.com, 29 Oct. 2019
So after dipping into Sint-Baafskathedraal to see the famous 15th-century polyptych Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, bump across the cobblestones and turn down onto Graslei quay.
—National Geographic, 14 Nov. 2019
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“Polyptych.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polyptych. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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