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Definition of Predella

Predella
Predella Pre*del"la, n. [It.] The step, or raised secondary part, of an altar; a superaltar; hence, in Italian painting, a band or frieze of several pictures running along the front of a superaltar, or forming a border or frame at the foot of an altarpiece.

Meaning of Predella from wikipedia

- In art a predella (plural predelle) is the lowest part of an altarpiece, sometimes forming a platform or step, and the painting or sculpture along it,...
- The Miracle of the Desecrated Host is a six-panel tempera-on-panel predella by Paolo Uccello, painted between 1467 and 1469 for the Confraternity of the...
- housed in the Ospedale degli Innocenti gallery in Florence, Italy. The predella, painted by Bartolomeo di Giovanni, is in the same site. On 28 October...
- latter days were spent in Florence, where he died on May 15, 1461. The predella included panels with scenes of the saints of the main composition, and...
- is shown in the traditional gesture of keeping hands joined. The three predella images of the altar are the work of Lorenzo Monaco. Media related to Descent...
- The Crucifixion is a panel in the central part of the predella (see image below) of a large altarpiece painted by Andrea Mantegna between 1457 and 1459...
- crystallized, in the changing colour harmonies of blue and pink. In the predella there are five scenes from Mary's life ( Birth and Marriage, the Visitation...
- the Uffizi Gallery in the same city. The large panel had originally a predella, which has been divided between museums in Washington, Berlin and Cambridge...
- Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, and was destro**** in 1945. From left to right, the predella shows: Saint Mamas in prison before being thrown to the lions The beheading...
- The altarpiece and the predella at the Vatican Pinacotheca. The altarpiece and the left, center and right part of the predella at the Web Gallery of Art...