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Definition of altarpiece :
The painting or piece of sculpture above and behind the altar; reredos.
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- For in the church is some of Luca's most exquisite work- an altarpiece with a frieze of aerial angels under it, and a stately white saint on either side, and the loveliest decorated columns imaginable; while in an adjoining chapel is a Christ crucified mourned by the most dignified and melancholy of Magdalens. - "A Wanderer in Florence", E. V. Lucas.
- The eastern end of the church was, at the same time, disfigured with an enormous altarpiece in the classic style, decorated with Corinthian columns and Grecian cornices and entablatures, and with enrichments of cherubims and wreaths of fruit, leaves, and flowers, exquisitely carved and beautiful in themselves, but heavy and cumbrous, and quite at variance with the gothic character of the edifice. - "The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple", Charles G. Addison.
- We find his tomb in the beautiful church of St. Jacques, rich in carvings and noble paintings, not far from the fine altarpiece painted by his hand. - "Odd Bits of Travel with Brush and Camera", Charles M. Taylor, Jr..
