I walked across the concrete to examine the altarpiece of the atomic age. A large crack ran through it.
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Altarpiece
//ˈɑl.təɹˌpis//
Synonyms for "altarpiece" (63 found)
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Related words (31)
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Translations
11 translations across 10 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- retaule noun (work of art suspended above and behind an altar)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 祭坛画 noun (work of art suspended above and behind an altar)
Danish
1 entries- altertavle noun (work of art suspended above and behind an altar)
Estonian
1 entries- altarimaal noun (work of art suspended above and behind an altar)
Finnish
1 entries- alttaritaulu noun (work of art suspended above and behind an altar)
Italian
2 entries- ancona noun (work of art suspended above and behind an altar)
- pala d'altare noun (work of art suspended above and behind an altar)
Portuguese
1 entries- retábulo noun (work of art suspended above and behind an altar)
Russian
1 entries- алта́рная карти́на noun (work of art suspended above and behind an altar)
Swedish
1 entries- altartavla noun (work of art suspended above and behind an altar)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ві́вта́рна карти́на noun (work of art suspended above and behind an altar)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
“It’s this snaggletoothed, little bird-footed homunculus caricature,” Bourneuf said. “Many artists at this time were trying to make new altarpieces. Klee tended to take a very skeptical distance from the sort of grandiose projects of many of his expressionist peers, so I think it’s actually kind of mocking those hopes.”
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