Triptych
A triptych is a work painted or carved in three panels, of which two outsides (shutters) can be closed again on that of the medium. This format primarily develops with the XII {{E}} and XIII {{E}} centuries, within the framework of the religious Peinture in Europe. The triptych enters the broader family of tables Polyptyque S.
Symbolic system
- the figure Three is a notorious reference to the Holy Trinity known by Christendom; however, this figure is present also in other Indo-European divinities.
Moreover, the contents of the tables, at the beginning representing only the divine subject, cut out into three upwards; the high represents the skies, in which the painters draw Angelot S and the Figure S of the Saint S haloed; the low the world terrestrial, medieval, of which the visitor raises the eyes to the sky by contemplating painting; as for the zone of the center , which is the heart of the representation, it is very often the place of the Sanctification of the principal subject, on the way towards the Cieux.
This cutting remains followed by the Dutch and Italian painters of the Renaissance.
Example
This format finds one of its most known results with the Jardin of the delights, of Hieronymus Bosch.
Technique
This art developed at the origin on large wood panels, using the Byzantine Système, before progress of the pictorial technique does not allow other supports. The divine side in the religious representation is illustrated by the use of very fine sheets of gold plated on works. These gilded sheets will disappear as from the First Rebirth.
Meaning in literature
It is also a literary work Ternaire, as for example the Divine comedy of Dante where three poles are distinguished: the Hell, the Purgatory and the Paradise.
See too
- Polyptyque, Diptych
- Trilogy in literary works (the religious reference grows blurred)
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