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Conexions lunars que venen de rapsodia en colors
Tatiana Blanqué
Painting - 50 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
£1,797
The little white butterflies
Alla Grande
Painting - 100 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
£1,797
Croupes : côté face- côté fesses 2
Thierry Robert
Painting - 31 x 62 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12.2 x 24.4 x 0 inch
£611
Spring Hurts.
Djénina Hagenburger
Painting - 122 x 135 x 1 cm Painting - 48 x 53.1 x 0.4 inch
£3,954
Market Man & Market Woman
Laurent Messager
Painting - 106 x 160 x 2 cm Painting - 41.7 x 63 x 0.8 inch
£2,669
Prayer for nature
Xiaoyang Galas
Painting - 39.9 x 59.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 1.5 inch
£1,973
XXXL Abstract Antarctica (Diptych)
Susan Wooler
Painting - 100.1 x 199.9 x 4.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
£5,985
Heights of wisdom
Mara Torres Leon
Painting - 51 x 102 x 3 cm Painting - 20.1 x 40.2 x 1.2 inch
£1,348
Ariel View, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Howard Danelowitz
Painting - 101.6 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 inch
£18,553
De l'un à l'autre 1&2 (diptyque)
Jean-Freddy
Painting - 81 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
£988
Make it rain/Money rules
Dopedout M
Painting - 69.9 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.5 x 40 x 1 inch
£1,518
Nighttime fearlessness 7
Nestor Toro
Painting - 76.2 x 121.9 x 1.8 cm Painting - 30 x 48 x 0.7 inch
£3,399
Like-Minded Diptych
Newel Hunter
Painting - 61 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 60 x 1.5 inch
£4,807
Headbangers Diptych
Newel Hunter
Painting - 101.6 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 60 x 1.5 inch
£7,674
Meeting in the Middle Diptych
Newel Hunter
Painting - 61 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 48 x 1.5 inch
£4,427
Thinking Out Loud Diptych
Newel Hunter
Painting - 121.9 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 24 x 1.5 inch
£4,427
Telle quelle & Sens unique
Cécile Pujol
Painting - 160 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 63 x 31.5 x 1 inch
£2,696
Par delà les nuages & Volte-face
Cécile Pujol
Painting - 100 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
£4,134
Upstairs & Downstairs
Laura Petrovich Cheney
Painting - 92 x 31 x 3 cm Painting - 36.2 x 12.2 x 1.2 inch
£3,415
Mirror Conversations 02
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 61 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 1 inch
£379
Perfectly imperfect
Aude Herlédan
Painting - 100.5 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 39.6 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
£17,972
Mirror conversations 04
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 61 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 1 inch
£379
Abstract Wall Art/Painting #04122023
Michael Verlangieri
Painting - 76.2 x 111.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 30 x 44 x 0.1 inch
£6,717
Oasis d'abondance
Enfant Précoce / Francis Essoua Kalu
Painting - 210 x 280 x 2 cm Painting - 82.7 x 110.2 x 0.8 inch
£20,668
Untitled 3631 & 3637
Maria Paola Coda
Painting - 100 x 162 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 63.8 x 1.2 inch
£5,639
Croupes : côté face- côté fesses 3
Thierry Robert
Painting - 31 x 62 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12.2 x 24.4 x 0 inch
£611
The Flow of Blue (diptych)
Maria Bacha
Painting - 89.9 x 180.1 x 4.1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch
£4,104
Im following you, diptych
Laurent Proneur
Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 2 inch
£33,816
Take me into another dimension I II
Maria Esmar
Painting - 220 x 280 x 0.2 cm Painting - 86.6 x 110.2 x 0.1 inch
£11,232
Like Velvet diptyque
Baptiste Laurent
Painting - 146 x 228 x 4 cm Painting - 57.5 x 89.8 x 1.6 inch
£3,684
Golden Hour in the Foothills (Diptych)
Chelsea Davine
Painting - 130 x 150 x 5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 59.1 x 2 inch
£7,829
Horizon in Silver Steel (Diptych)
Chelsea Davine
Painting - 40 x 80 x 10 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 3.9 inch
£2,610
Prémices Diptyque N° 19
J/Y Delaunay-Israël
Painting - 200 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 78.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£4,709
Perfect Combination - Diptych
Kat Zhivetin
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
£1,123
Yellow Abstract Diptych, Diptyque Abstrait Jaune
Gina Vor
Painting - 39 x 58 x 0.2 cm Painting - 15.4 x 22.8 x 0.1 inch
£270
Le Mans diptyque
Patricia Gadisseur
Painting - 120 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
£809
Cyrtonota
Chahrazed Fekih
Painting - 40.5 x 59.5 x 0.2 cm Painting - 15.9 x 23.4 x 0.1 inch
£1,528 £1,069
Look Alike, Look Alive
Lukasz Olek
Painting - 200 x 90 x 4 cm Painting - 78.7 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch
£4,403
Snafu VII (Situation normal all fuck up !) Dytique
Thierry Corpet
Painting - 80 x 200 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 78.7 x 1.4 inch
£1,617
Longing - diptych
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 61 x 91.4 x 1.9 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 0.75 inch
£7,758
Diptych Artworks
Think that triptychs and diptychs are only religious artworks? Not at all! Two-piece artworks can be made in all kinds of media such as painting, drawing or photography. In modern and contemporary art, some works are imagined and arranged in two parts. Artists also create optical illusions which imitate diptychs by splitting the painting in two. Thanks to these two part artworks, these works of art will bring depth and volume to your interior. Since Andy Warhol's famous 'Marilyn Diptych', duo works have never been out of fashion
A diptych ("di" meaning two and "ptyche" meaning fold in Greek) is any object with two flat plates attached at a hinge. Diptychs are usually 2D works composed of 2 pieces. They are completed in a variety of media including painting, photography and drawing, and also represent all types of subject matter including, portraits, landscapes and abstract art.
Diptychs have been a popular art form amongst artists for centuries. Generally there is a link between the panels, where subjects often engage with or look at each other from the two sections. Alternatively, it could depict a single work that is continued across the two parts. This means the diptych could provide two alternative viewpoints of a single scene, or share the same color and composition but show two different themes. In art history, the diptych was used to present certain scenarios. These were often scenes of marriage (husband and wife on different panels), life and death or wealth and poverty.
In modern and contemporary art, some works are imagined and arranged in two. Artists also create “trompes l'oeil" (literally means “deceive the eye") which are optical illusions that imitate diptychs by splitting the painting in two. This can be as simple as applying a straight line through the centre of the work. In Late Antiquity, "consular diptychs" were made to mark an individual's election as Roman consul. These were created in wood, ivory or metal.
The diptych was additionally used in early Christian literature to tell stories of saints, Christ and the Virgin Mary. The form facilitated the transportation of these stories, since it could be closed like a book to preserve its interior.
Diptychs were additionally present in classical and modern art (of the 20th century). However, very few old pieces of this art form survived, and those that did are kept in the most renowned museums worldwide.
In 1935, King Richard II commissioned the Wilton Diptych, a small portable diptych and extremely rare Medieval religious painting from England. It is now in the National Gallery in London. Measuring 53 x 37 cm, the Baltic oak panels depict a kneeling Richard II on one panel, praying to the Virgin Mary on the other.
The Louvre has the Diptych of Jean Carondelet in its possession, which was created by Jean Gossaert in 1517. The diptych is a work of private devotion, yet underlines the Flemish painter's talent for portraiture. Jean Carondelet is shown praying towards the right panel where an image of the Virgin Mary is also painted. However, unlike the Wilton Diptych, this is actually a double diptych as the back of the piece is painted with a coat of arms and a skull (vanitas).
Alternatively, one of the most famous diptychs only dates back to 1962, and was completed by Pop art master, Andy Warhol. His famous “Marilyn Diptych" shows two serigraphs: one in color and one in black and white. According to the Tate, this “evokes [Marilyn Monroe's] ubiquitous presence in the media. The contrast of vivid colour with black and white, and the effect of fading in the right panel are suggestive of the star's mortality."
Discover the art of the diptych in all its forms with this unique selection from Artsper! Uncover the abstract painting of Tommaso Fattovich, the quirky messages of Agnès Thurnauer, the vibrant compositions of Novi Lim, the enchanting colors of Ron Halfant, the maritime views of Ana Hefco or the meditative photographs of Serge Hamad.