Definitions for predella

predella pre·del·la

Spelling: [pri-del-uh; Italian pre-de
IPA: /prɪˈdɛl ə; Italian prɛˈdɛl lɑ/

Predella is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 197 anagrams from letters in predella (adeellpr).

Definitions for predella

noun

  1. the base of an altarpiece, often decorated with small paintings or reliefs.

Origin of predella

1840-50; Italian Langobardic *predel, *pretel, derivative of *pret- board Germanic *bret- (> Old High German brët (German Brett), Old English, Old Saxon bred board, plank; akin to

Examples for predella

Four small panels with a Saint in each, and five parts of a predella: 1.

The predella is divided by painted pilasters into three parts.

The predella, now lost, had portraits of the patron and his wife.

In the form of a predella or decoration of the base of the altar-piece.

But this design is only the predella beneath the picture “Faith and Love.”

The predella, illustrating the principal scenes in the lives of the saints around the altar, is full of Oriental costumes.

The predella of the picture is full of stories almost in the style of Carpaccio.

The arms of the Rucellai family are at each end of the predella.

In the predella of this picture shall be painted eighteen figures.

Several saints from this predella still remain in the sacristy of S. Pietro; two are at Lyons.

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