diptych

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Recent Examples of diptych Promising a kind of diptych that starts as a gritty Yakuza flick before doubling back to redo the same scenes for farce, the film plays as a more elemental game of set-up and payoff, giving viewers — and itself — the most loving possible raspberry and the least-toxic troll. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2024 Director Mike Reilly does a lucid job of sorting out the play’s diptych structure. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2024 Portrait covers took a variety of forms, including wood panels that slid in and out of grooves on a painting’s frame, hinged diptychs, double-sided panels that pivoted on a hook and chain, curtains, boxes, and lockets. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024 The diptych remains fascinating to art historians to this day. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 Oct. 2023 See all Example Sentences for diptych 
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Noun
  • The wildly successful Marvel series from Sony comprises a triptych of strangely appealing comic book movies featuring Tom Hardy’s take on journalist Eddie Brock and his sassy symbiote sidekick, Venom (whom Hardy also voices).
    Katie Walsh, Chicago Tribune, 24 Oct. 2024
  • In Megan’s version, a triptych of the rapper is seen with Boa’s half-bob, half-long haircut while a snake poses in the foreground.
    Zoe Guy, Vulture, 28 June 2024
Noun
  • Shops are encouraged to incorporate local iconography into their design — think a mural of the Space Needle in Seattle or a Lego model of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
    CNN.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • And George wandering past shops where a mural of masters and slaves makes the nation’s colonialist legacy seem quaint.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The majestic mountain lodge—incorporating design cues inspired by the Wild West—offers unobstructed panorama of Lake Wakatipu and some of the finest farm-to-table dining fare anywhere on the South Island.
    Brad Japhe, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Back over Belgium, we’re treated to another expensive-looking panorama of the battle in the sky: burning airplanes, wafting parachutes, flak and explosions everywhere.
    Chris Klimek, Vulture, 2 Feb. 2024
Noun
  • The recount must be completed five days after the canvass of the vote is completed, which is Nov. 30.
    Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2024
  • In Orange County, for example, the registrar of voters was able to complete its canvass of the March primary 17 days after Election Day.
    Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The main chapel, which has frescoes from the school of Cimabue in Easter-egg colors, remains untouched, and functions as an event space.
    Peter Terzian, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Much of the building is a protected landmark, so architectural details like the frescoes, cornices, and framing had to be restored using the appropriate hues.
    Laura Itzkowitz, Architectural Digest, 9 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • Ruscha starter kit dimensions variable edition 2 of 2 The work begins with the 10 watercolors the owner purchased.
    Jeff Gibson, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Thierry Colson Albertine printed pajama set $528 NET-A-PORTER The watercolor motifs on this cotton and silk-blend set were done by artist Sacha Floch Poliakoff.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • These are 8-foot by 8-foot sculptures, 8-foot by 8-foot paintings.
    CNN.com, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Created during a pivotal time when Magritte was refining his Surrealist vision, the painting depicts two figures attempting to embrace, separated by fabric covering their faces.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • One of them was watercolor and one of them was done with opaque gouache — The Lion King, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, all of these are gouaches.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 July 2024
  • Her works are softly abstract; powdery colors form cloud-like shapes that might be superimposed with free-handed linear strokes in acrylic, gouache, oil stick, oil pastels, and graphite.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2024

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“Diptych.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diptych. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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