Diptych is an English word with synonyms like art. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Diptych meaning
- A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.
- A picture or series of pictures painted on two tablets, usually connected by hinges.
- A double catalogue, containing in one part the names of living, and in the other of deceased, ecclesiastics and benefactors of a church.
Synonyms of Diptych
Using Diptych
- The main meaning on this page is: A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within. | A picture or series of pictures painted on two tablets, usually connected by hinges. | A double catalogue, containing in one part the names of living, and in the other of deceased, ecclesiastics and benefactors of a church.
- Useful related words include: art, fine art.
- In the example corpus, diptych often appears in combinations such as: diptych of, the diptych.
Context around Diptych
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Diptych
- In this selection, "diptych" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, larger, wilton, panels, painting, titled and portrays stand out and add context to how "diptych" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2010 a diptych impact dr and a larger diptych that cimabue. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "diptych" sits close to words such as aat, abhorrence and abms, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with diptych
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He worked on panel, either as single panels, diptych, Since dismantled triptychs, or polyptychs. (14 words)
The two pieces of art will form a diptych of the Batman: Hush era Huntress and Deathstroke. (17 words)
The company staged in 2010 a diptych Impact & Dr. Incubis, based on original texts by Nicolas Yazgi and directed by Frédéric Ozier. (22 words)
Harriss (2005), p. 489. While the Westminster Abbey portrait probably shows a good similarity of the king, the Wilton Diptych portrays the king as significantly younger than he was at the time; it must be assumed that he had a beard by this point. (44 words)
Rosenberg, 70–78 David Harley Serlin observes in the second half of Melville's diptych, "The Tartarus of Maids," the narrator gives voice to the oppressed women he observes: As other scholars have noted, the "slave" image here has two clear connotations. (42 words)
Art experts say it is likely part of a larger diptych that Cimabue painted around 1280, of which two other panels are displayed at the Frick Collection in New York and the National Gallery in London. (36 words)
Example sentences (13)
Nepali artist Kiran Maharajan, who is working on a diptych painting of a man and a woman inspired from the fisher community, explains.
The library gallery space features some of the mailed postcards along with a diptych of the van photograph and a cut-up poem created by Lorne Power of previously submitted stories.
The two pieces of art will form a diptych of the Batman: Hush era Huntress and Deathstroke.
Art experts say it is likely part of a larger diptych that Cimabue painted around 1280, of which two other panels are displayed at the Frick Collection in New York and the National Gallery in London.
The diptych, titled An unwitting peace, or life, is a close-up shot of a luxurious sofa in a cafe, taken in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, last year.
Harriss (2005), p. 489. While the Westminster Abbey portrait probably shows a good similarity of the king, the Wilton Diptych portrays the king as significantly younger than he was at the time; it must be assumed that he had a beard by this point.
He worked on panel, either as single panels, diptych, Since dismantled triptychs, or polyptychs.
In the volumes' restored form, the diptych structure compares the certainties and intolerance of organized communism, the "bourgeois" books and condemned members, with similar qualities to fundamentalist organized religion.
Religious relations with Rome Consular diptych displaying Justinian's full name (Constantinople 521) From the middle of the 5th century onward, increasingly arduous tasks confronted the emperors of the East in ecclesiastical matters.
Rosenberg, 70–78 David Harley Serlin observes in the second half of Melville's diptych, "The Tartarus of Maids," the narrator gives voice to the oppressed women he observes: As other scholars have noted, the "slave" image here has two clear connotations.
The company staged in 2010 a diptych Impact & Dr. Incubis, based on original texts by Nicolas Yazgi and directed by Frédéric Ozier.
These paintings were part of a diptych completed in 1936 depicting the history of medicine in the African American community and Beauford Delaney served as assistant.
The upper portions of the right hand panel of the Crucifixion and Last Judgement diptych are generally considered the work of a weaker painter with a less individual style.
Common combinations with diptych
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- diptych of 2×
- the diptych 2×