A diptych (of the old Greek δίπτυχος/ díptykhos , “folded into two”) is a work of Peinture or of Sculpture made up of two panels, fixed or mobile, looking at itself and whose subjects are looked at and are supplemented one the other.
Among the famous ancient diptychs, one can quote that of Monza representative Stilicon, his wife and one of his children. On the image illustrating this article, the diptych is composed of the two shutters of a table called Triomphe of Chastity of Piero della Francesca.
Increasingly employed in the field Cinéma tographic, the expression indicates a saga made up of two shutters which are not made continuation (not to be confused with dilogy i.e. two films which is followed, even if by Abus language, the diptych term is often used like including all the series of two films, without distinction).
History
In the beginning the codicillary diptychs were Tablette S or were engraved the imperial decrees. During all the Empire, the imperial diptychs, consular or those of the imperial senior officials was offered, for events which one wanted to celebrate such as the new year.
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Sources
- Diptych, Lexicon of History and Roman civilizations , Jean Luc Lamboley,
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