A polyptych (from the Greek polu- "many" + ptychē "fold") generally refers to a painting (usually panel painting) which is divided into four or more sections, or panels. (The term diptych is used to describe a two-part painting and the term triptych describes a three-part painting.) The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... The Ghent Altarpiece: The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, interior view, 1432. ... Ivory consular diptych of Areobindus, Byzantium, 506 AD, Louvre museum A diptych is any object with two flat plates attached at a hinge. ... The Raising of the Cross, Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp A triptych (from the Greek tri- three + ptychÄ“ fold) is a work of art (usually a panel painting) which is divided into three sections, or three carved panels which are hinged together. ...

Polyptychs were most common with Renaissance painters, the majority of polyptychs were designed to be altarpieces in churches and cathedrals. In the traditional view, the Renaissance is understood as an historical age that was preceded by the Middle Ages and followed by the Reformation. ... An altarpiece is a picture or relief representing a religious subject and suspended in a frame behind the altar of a church. ... Church in Villach, Austria. ... A cathedral is a Christian church building, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Anglican, Catholic and some Lutheran churches, which serves as the central church of a diocese, and thus as a bishops seat. ...

Examples of polyptychs include:

• The Ghent Altarpiece is probably the most famous Polyptych
• Polyptych of the Misericordia (1445-1462) by Piero della Francesca
• The Last Judgment Polyptych (c. 1450) by Rogier van der Weyden
• Saint Augustine Polyptych (1470) by Perugino
• St. Dominic Polyptych (1506-08) by Lorenzo Lotto

In comic books and comic strips a polyptych is a strip, or even an entire comic page, in which the background forms a continuous image even though it may be divided into separate panels; a good example is The Perishers which often uses polyptychs divided into 3 panels. The Ghent Altarpiece: The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb (interior view), painted 1432. ... The Baptism of Christ, 1442 (National Gallery, London) Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Piero della Francesca Piero della Francesca was an Italian artist of the Early Renaissance. ... Deposition by Roger van der Weyden (c. ... Christ presenting the Keys to St Peter Fresco, 335 x 550 cm Sistine Chapel, Rome Pietro Perugino (1446-1524), whose family name was properly Vannucci, Italian painter, was born at Città della Pieve in Umbria, and belongs to the Umbrian school of painting. ... Lorenzo Lotto (c. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... The Perishers is a British comic strip about a group of urban children and a dog. ...