Diptych
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| - | [[Image:Durer technique.jpg|thumb|200px|The illustration ''[[Artist and Model in the Studio]]'' by [[Albrecht Dürer]], first published in ''[[The Painter's Manual]]'' in [[1525]].]] | ||
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| - | ''[[Artist and Model in the Studio]]'' is a 1525 woodcut by [[Albrecht Dürer]], first published in ''[[The Painter's Manual]]'' in [[1525]]. The woodcut is said to portray the dominance of the [[male gaze]] in Western [[visual culture]], illustrating the consequences of mechanizing the relationship between the viewer and the viewed. | + | A '''diptych''' is any object with two flat plates attached at a [[hinge]]. Devices of this form were quite popular in the ancient world, types existing for recording notes and for measuring time and direction. The term is also used figuratively for a thematically-linked sequence of two books. |
| - | In 1993 French photographic artist [[Dany Leriche]] appropriated Dürer's original image as '''''Hanneke et Elise''''' | + | In [[Late Antiquity]] ivory diptyches with decorated covers were a significant art-form, deriving from the "consular diptych" made to celebrate an individual becoming [[Roman consul]]. Many of the most important surviving works of the Late roman Empire are diptychs. From the [[Middle Ages]] many [[panel painting]]s were in diptych form, from small portable works for personal use to large [[altarpiece]]s. These are discussed with other multi-panel forms of painting at [[polyptych]]. |
| - | [http://lemateurdart.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/studio2.jpg], known as a feminist-inspired rejection of the male gaze. The image is part of a [[diptych]] - the second part is a photograph of the model taken through the grid from the point of view of the observer. | + | |
| - | {{GFDL}} | + | Traditional diptychs are [[boxwood]], with stamped hour lines and [[lacquer|lacquered]] or [[varnish|varnished]] finishes. Some were also [[ivory]] (superior because it is easiest to read and less prone to wear than wood), or metal (sturdy, harder to read but less expensive than ivory). |
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A diptych is any object with two flat plates attached at a hinge. Devices of this form were quite popular in the ancient world, types existing for recording notes and for measuring time and direction. The term is also used figuratively for a thematically-linked sequence of two books.
In Late Antiquity ivory diptyches with decorated covers were a significant art-form, deriving from the "consular diptych" made to celebrate an individual becoming Roman consul. Many of the most important surviving works of the Late roman Empire are diptychs. From the Middle Ages many panel paintings were in diptych form, from small portable works for personal use to large altarpieces. These are discussed with other multi-panel forms of painting at polyptych.
Traditional diptychs are boxwood, with stamped hour lines and lacquered or varnished finishes. Some were also ivory (superior because it is easiest to read and less prone to wear than wood), or metal (sturdy, harder to read but less expensive than ivory).
