R&E Newsweekly on National Gallery of Art exhibit on diptychs
From Religion & Ethics Newsweekly:
BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Now, a new exhibit in Washington of a special kind of Renaissance religious paintings. They’re called diptychs—two panels hinged. Our guide is John Hand, curator of northern European Renaissance painting at the National Gallery of Art.
JOHN HAND: The exhibition “Prayers and Portraits: Unfolding the Netherlandish Diptych” consists of religious paintings produced under the umbrella of the Roman Church and spans the 15th and 16th centuries.
A diptych consists of two panels of the same size that are framed and hinged so they can be opened and closed like a book. They could have been used for traveling, or they could have been simply put away at a desk or drawer, taken out when needed.
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